Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , EMS , Prehospital Care

Critical Care Alert: INCEPTION Trial

3/7/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Brian Sumner, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - ECMO - as an adjunct to CPR following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has gained a lot of attention. The INCEPTION Trial takes a closer look at the evid

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

How Much Will This Cost?

3/6/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Policies that are helping improve the transparency of hospital bills are also shining a light on why self-paying patients might go out of their way to avoid the nearest medical care. Take a closer loo

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: CLOVERS Trial

2/28/2023 Brendan Innes, MD , Alex Lucas, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

The CLOVERS trial underscores the fact that fluid resuscitation strategies remain a highly debated and complex topic. It is still possible that specific patients may benefit from a restrictive fluid

Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

A Worthy Investment: What Every EM Resident Needs to Know About Reimbursement in 2023

2/22/2023 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Jamie Shoemaker, MD , David McKenzie , Bryan Graham, DO , Brian Hiestand, MD , Alexa Golden, MD , Lisa Maurer, MD , Steve Kailes, MD

This paper discusses some basics of emergency medicine coding and reimbursement and is designed to provide you, a graduating resident, some key information as you enter independent practice.

Program Director Interviews , Match , Med Student

Program Director Interview Series: Joshua Broder, M.D. | Program Director at the Duke University School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Residency, Durham, N.C.

2/21/2023 Kit Sitterley, OMSIV

In the latest installment of our PD Q&A series, we are highlighting the Duke University School of Medicine EM program in Durham, N.C. We spoke with the current PD Joshua Broder, M.D., in 2023 about wh

Medico Legal , Patient Interactions

What Does It Mean for My Patient to Have Decision-Making Capacity?

2/10/2023 Blythe Fiscella, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

Our responsibility to attempt therapeutic relationships and try to understand where our patients are coming from is not “window dressing.” Capacity assessments often, but not always, appear at moments

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

Equitable or Equivocal?

2/6/2023 Rachel Kelly, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Hospitals get penalized when patients are readmitted, Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, or HRRP. A plan to take social determinants of health into account is meant to make sure penal

EMRA MedWAR

Wilderness on the Water: MedWAR 2022

2/1/2023 Kathryn Kammert, DO , Joseph Mueller, MD , Danusha Sanchez, MD , Kaitlyn Votta, MD

EMRA members met at Lake Chabot Regional Park near San Francisco on Oct. 4 to compete in MedWAR, the annual test of medical knowledge, wilderness skills, and endurance. The sunny temperate climate of

Undersea and Hyperbaric

Emergent Diving Injuries: A Standardized Approach to Assessment

2/1/2023 LT Daniel Weinberg, MD , LT Christopher Androski, MD

This article aims to provide a standardized approach to assessing diving-related injuries. We’ll first review the unique aspects of a history critical to diagnosing diving-related injuries. We’ll then

Infectious Disease , Neurology

Cauda Equina or Just HSV? Don’t Forget About Elsberg Syndrome

2/1/2023 Anjali Kalra, BA , Peter Yun, MD, MPH , Andrew Stricklin, MD

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a “can’t miss” diagnosis in the emergency department characterized by lower back pain. It is associated with red flag symptoms such as urinary retention or incontinence,

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