What EMS Teaches Us
“I'm scared.” The young woman was tearful. These were the words of a patient from our first call of the day, a woman from the local jail with a possible miscarriage. She had had
Outside the ED: How EMS can Improve Your Emergency Medicine Residency
Pre-hospital medicine offers unique opportunities to an EM physician, and EMS training complements the emergency medicine curric
Management of Hypothermia from Wilderness to the ED
Wilderness medicine entails the treatment of exposure-related maladies in the middle of nowhere. Well, not always. While this blossoming field of e
A Guide to International Emergency Medicine Fellowships
Finding Your Niche in the World There are over 30 International Emergency Medicine (IEM) fellowship programs, with more being added every year.
Council of Review Committee Residents Meeting
It's been a busy beginning to 2014. The week after our EMRA Board of Directors retreat for strategic planning, I traveled to Chicago for the biannual Cou
The Times They are A'Changing
The world of emergency medicine education has been inundated by talk of competency-based assessments. As you may have noticed, the Milestones have arrived, and they've b
Osteopathic EM: Two Roads, One Destination
The Changing Training Landscape In February 2014, after months of discussion, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Accreditation Council for G
A Brief Review of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
A 56-year-old male with a history of end stage COPD, sarcoidosis, and pulmonary hypertension comes into your ED in respiratory failure. His initial o
The CV Conundrum
How is it that one document causes so much angst and stress in its creation? Perhaps it's because that one document plays such an important role in our futures. It seems unfair that
Debra Houry, MD
A nationally renowned authority on violence and preventable injuries, emergency medicine physician Dr. Debra Houry has built a career devoted to public health. Although she now serv