Browsing: February 2024

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Match , Program Director Interviews , Medical Students

Program Director Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Siegelman, Program Director at Emory University Emergency Medicine Residency

2/23/2024 Babayode Bakare , Cristina Sanchez , Samantha J. Jacobson , Kristina Pagano
In the latest installment of our PD Q&A series, we are highlighting the Emory University Emergency Medicine Residency program. We spoke with the current PD Dr. Jeffrey Siegelman about what makes their
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Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound , Critical Care , Hematology

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: 3-Point DVT Study

2/22/2024 Christian Kasianko, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD
Deep venous thrombosis is a can't-miss diagnosis. Learn how to use the 3-point ultrasound exam to make sure DVTs do not go unnoticed.
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Airway , Toxicology

Critical Care Alert: Effect of Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2/22/2024 Alex Lucas, MD , Christian Kasianko, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD
How reliable is the old adage, "GCS less than 8, intubate"? A randomized trial examines the effect of intubation vs. noninvasive airway management for poisoned patients with GCS less than 8.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Documentation Matters

2/8/2024 Elina Kurkurina, MPH , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Social determinants of health are an important and well-documented driver of health care utilization and outcomes - so important, in fact, that there's a class of ICD codes specifically for it. Are yo
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Critical Care , Critical Care Roadblock , Palliative Care

Roadblock: Goals-of-Care Conversations

2/6/2024 Kunj Bhatt, MD , Trevor R. Pour, MD , Shunichi Nakagawa, MD
The EMRA Critical Care Committee's Roadblock series is the resuscitationist's guide to overcoming the obstacles in the normal algorithm of critically ill patients. Through this series, we will ask the