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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your Member at Large: Kimberly Herard, MD

1/30/2023 Kimberly Herard

EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your Member at Large: Kimberly Herard, MD.

Palliative Care , Op-Ed

Palliative Care in the ED: Past, Present, and Future

1/30/2023 Alice Chang, DO

Palliative-care training and education, quality improvement, and research within EM has surged in the past decade. As a result, the practice paradigm for seriously ill patients in the ED has begun to

Critical Care Alert , Sepsis , Urology

Pelvic Sepsis: A Fatal Complication of Routine Hemorrhoidectomy

1/30/2023 Carly Rosen, MD , William Bonadio, MD , Jessica Fleischer-Black, MD

Pelvic sepsis is a well-known and feared complication of colorectal and urologic surgery; however, it is not common and may not be recognized by emergency physicians. Patients may present with only mi

Op-Ed , Patient Interactions , OB/GYN

Pilot Study: Evaluating Education Targeting Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking in an EM Residency

1/30/2023 Codee Champney, DO , Jordan Wells, MD , Luke He, MD , Grace Klanderud, MD , Megan L McElhinny, MD

IPV and HT are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Many victims will seek medical care, often in the ED. This puts emergency physicians in a position to identify and help vic

Health Policy

Spotlight on: Health Policy Academy Fellow Vishnu Muppala, MD, MPH

1/30/2023 Vishnu Muppala, MD, MPH

The EMRA and ACEP Health Policy Academy is a highly selective year-long academy that trains you to be a policy advocate in emergency medicine. It’s designed to give passionate residents like you the o

Health Policy

Spotlight on: Health Policy Academy Fellow Kenneth Kim, MD

1/30/2023 Kenneth Kim

EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your Director of Leadership Development: Derek Martinez, DO

1/30/2023 Derek Martinez, DO

EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your Director of Leadership Development: Derek Martinez.

ENT , Otolaryngology , Pediatric EM

Bilateral Pneumoparotid: Unexpected Air in the Parotid Glands

1/30/2023 Sean Ramsey, DO , Rachel Ely, DO

Pneumoparotid/pneumoparotitis is an uncommon cause of parotid gland swelling classified by free air seen within the parotid glands. Typically, swelling of the parotid glands can be attributed to infec

Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Airway

Critical Care Device Series: Bag-Valve-Mask

1/18/2023 Barret Zimmerman, MD , Brendan Innes, MD , Allie Schick, MD

The bag-valve-mask (BVM) is ubiquitous and highly utilized in all fields of emergency care. Yet despite its seemingly intuitive operation and perceived simplicity, the BVM is an overlooked and misunde

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: Daniel J. Egan, MD | Program Director at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency in Boston

1/18/2023 Christopher Walsh

In the latest installment of our PD Q&A series, we are highlighting the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General in Boston. We spoke with the current PD, Daniel J. Egan