A critical patient, a lack of ready resources, a panicked crowd pleading for help - it was all there, in the middle of an Outback Steakhouse, when Dr. Joe's love of medicine was put to the test.
With current trends toward increased boarding time in the ED, emergency care has become a multi-stage event that encompasses a lot more than procedures and decision trees.
We need to pick up an important new skill, fellow residents: effective advocacy. There's a lot happening in health care policy that affects not only your patients, but also your professional future.
Gun violence continues to have a dramatic impact on our society - and emergency physicians get more practice than they want in caring for the resulting injuries. Isn't it time for things to change?
The percentage of students matching at their preferred programs has remained stable over the past several years. Unfortunately, one number has NOT remained stable: the number of programs to which appl