Match , Medical Students , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Arlene Chung MD, MACM | EM Residency Program Director at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

9/23/2022 Syd Park

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we bring you Arlene Chung MD, MACM. Dr. Chung is the PD at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY - and she wants you to get to kn

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM , COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

GREAT SHOT

9/6/2022 Laura Haselden, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns saved lives and reduced the number and severity of COVID cases in the United States. What did this mean to the business of health care? Significant cost savings.

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Cardiology , Airway

Critical Care Alert: PREPARE II - A Randomized Clinical Trial

8/22/2022 Taylor Miller, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

Critical Care Alert: The PREPARE II trial investigated whether a fluid bolus would impact cardiovascular collapse in critically ill patients undergoing intubation.

Match , Medical Students , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Christopher Freeman, MD | EM Residency Program Director at The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Emergency Medicine Residency Program

8/17/2022 Shilpi Ganguly, MSIV

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series we got to chat with Christopher Freeman, MD to learn about the University of Miami/Jackson Health System Emergency Medicine Residency

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Trauma , Shock

Critical Care Alert: ETCO2 as a Predictor of Patient Outcomes

8/15/2022 Brittney I. Gordon, MD , Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Taylor Miller, MD

Critical Care Alert: The triage of patients in the trauma bay is difficult, and no single measurement or vital sign will provide sufficient information for mortality. This study indicates ETCO2 - a co

Editor's Forum

Before the Breaking Point

8/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD

There will probably come a time when you feel you aren’t your best self. Whether you are feeling early symptoms of burnout, are not quite meeting your goals, or suffer from clinical depression, anxiet

Neurology

Pneumocephalus: An Atypical Presentation of Syncope

8/10/2022 Avinash Ram, DO , Mollie Williams, MD, MPH , Omar Hashmi, DO

Pneumocephalus, defined as air present in the intracranial area, is a known complication of accessing the epidural space. Patients with pneumocephalus can have a wide-ranging presentation from benign

Career Planning

10 Tips to Make the Leap from Resident to Attending

8/10/2022 Kristyn J. Smith, DO , Megan Gillespie, DO , Arthur J. Pope, MD, PhD

The transition from resident to academic attending physician can be challenging, but you’ve got this! And we’ve got 10 tips to help smooth the journey.

Toxicology

TCA Overdoses and Mimics: Don’t Delay, Don’t Be Led Astray

8/10/2022 Lance Shaull, MD , Andrew Mittelman, MD

At toxic doses, tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) cause blockade of sodium channels, muscarinic receptors, and alpha-adrenergic receptors. Slowed ventricular contraction, tachycardia, and vasodilation

Patient Interactions

Orthostatic Vital Signs: Have They Fallen Out of Favor?

8/10/2022 E. Daxton Spencer, DO, MS, RN , Lindsay Davis, DO, MPH, NRP

Just as there are two sides to every coin, some medical literature supports taking patients’ orthostatic vitals when they present to the ED with syncope, lightheadedness, and vertigo; other literature

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