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Board Certification , Career Planning

Residents' Guide to ABEM Certification

5/11/2021 Haig Aintablian, MD , Alaa M. Aldalati, MBBS , William Spinosi, DO
Becoming board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine is a simple process requiring 3 steps for residents who are in their final years of training. The ABEM Reside
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Visits Down; Danger Up

5/6/2021 Surudh Daaram , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Emergency department volumes dropped precipitously during the COVID-19 pandemic. This isn't a good thing, as studies are now showing the alarming effects when patients delay or forego healthcare. As v
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The SALSA Randomized Clinical Trial

5/2/2021 John Conway, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
Symptomatic hyponatremia is a commonly encountered electrolyte abnormality in the emergency department. Treatment generally consists of 3% hypertonic saline therapy. But is a rapid intermittent bolus
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: A Systematic Review of VA-ECMO in Massive Pulmonary Embolism-Related Cardiac Arrest

5/2/2021 Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Heather Farthing, MD, MPH , Brian Sumner, MD
The data and support for veno-arterial ECMO for cardiac arrest after massive pulmonary embolism is still lacking, but if your institution has the resource, this systematic review shows it may be worth
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The Benefit of Adding Lidocaine to Ketamine During Rapid Sequence Endotracheal Intubation in Patients with Septic Shock

5/2/2021 Heather Farthing, MD, MPH , Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
Can a lidocaine-ketamine combination for RSI maintain hemodynamics better than full-dose ketamine in patients with septic shock?
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Outcome Related to Level of TTM in Postcardiac Arrest Syndrome of Low, Moderate, and High Severities: A Nationwide Multicenter Prospective Registry

5/2/2021 Nicholas Huth , Brian Sumner, MD , Jonathan Pickos, DO
A nationwide registry has shown targeted temperature management at a lower core temperature led to significantly better neurologic outcomes and survival at 30 days in patients with moderately severe p
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Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: Josh Mugele, MD | EM Residency Program Director at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA

4/21/2021 David Wilson
This month our Program Director Interview Series gets to know a newly accredited program in Georgia. We got to talk with Dr. Josh Mugele about his program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The Relationship Between Heart Rate and Body Temperature in Critically Ill Patients

4/10/2021 John Conway, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
In critically ill adult patients, heart rate and body temperature go hand-in-hand: as fever takes hold, the heart beats faster. In febrile and tachycardic patients, the heart rate should be evaluated
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Opinion-Editorial , Medical Education

Defining Procedural Competency in Emergency Medicine: How Much Is Enough?

4/9/2021 Richard Cunningham, MD
How frequently should a doctor perform a procedure in order to be called "competent" in the skill? Is emergency medicine doing enough to maintain procedural competence?
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Diversity and Inclusion , Match

Developing a Diverse and Inclusive Pipeline in Emergency Medicine: Part 3

4/9/2021 Sara Andrabi, MD , Santos René Ortiz Comas, MD, MPH , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc , Anisha Turner, MD
Is the end of residency the epitome and culmination of education? Even though it may be for some, it is the responsibility of attending physicians to educate newer generations of emergency physicians.