Pediatric EM , Cardiology

Think Fast: Managing Pediatric SVT

4/10/2022 Brian D. Novi, DO , Shahfar Khan, MD, FAAP , Svetlana Harel, DO, FAAP, FACEP

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) remains the most common tachyarrhythmia in children. But the presenting symptoms of SVT can vary dramatically, even within similar age groups, posing a tremendous ch

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

Health Policy Journal Club: Nonprofit Hospitals - Profitable or Not?

4/6/2022 Kyle Stucker, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Nonprofit hospitals netted $24.6 billion in tax exemptions in 2011; by 2017, these hospitals had accumulated higher net income than for-profit institutions. Their charity care, however, has not kept p

Award Winners , Awards

Raising the Bar

3/23/2022

Please join us in congratulating the EMRA 2022 Winter Awards recipients.

Match , Career Planning , Advising , Medical Students

Match Day Reflections: Grow Where You Are Planted

3/9/2022 Abbey Smiley, MD

For those of us in medicine, March holds an almost poetic significance as a time of transition as we approach one of the most important and emotional days of a budding physician's academic career: Mat

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

Health Policy Journal Club: The Doctor Will See You Now (Virtually)

3/6/2022 Caroline Bradford , Vidya Eswaran, MD

With patients and physicians becoming more familiar and dependent on the option of telehealth, it seems likely it will be here to stay in some form, even after the pandemic.

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

2/27/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Natalie Htet, MD, MS

Obtaining arterial access is a common procedure in both emergency medicine and in critical care. It's a good idea to become familiar with the axillary artery as an alternative location for placement o

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: David Barnes, MD | EM Residency Program Director at University of California Davis

2/24/2022 Alexander Gallaer

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we got to chat with David Barnes, MD, to learn about the University of California Davis Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Barnes tell

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February-March 2022

2/12/2022 Diane Y. Wang, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 79-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease s/p CABG in 2012 presents with chest pain. His initial ECG showed atrial fibrillation with RVR at 168 bpm. Despite rate contro

Heart of EM

An Empty Loss

2/12/2022 Sophie Karwoska Kligler

When the time of death was called and the moment of silence was finished, we turned and went back to our work. The fact that I felt so little made me feel strange and guilty.

Op-Ed , Career Planning

Disability Insurance and Naloxone: An Intern's Perspective

2/12/2022 Ellen Shank, MD

A naloxone prescription can muddy the waters when applying for disability insurance as a young physician.

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