Browsing: April 2014

Mental Health , Pediatric EM , Clinical , Psychiatry

A Reflection on Mental Health and Emergency Medicine

4/15/2014 Kyra D. Reed, MD

A Reflection on Mental Health and Emergency Medicine After a knock on the door, I entered the hospital room to find Lisa, a 12-year-old patient who was seated on the exam table, eyes fixed on her sho

Prehospital Care

Backboards: Do They Really Have Your Back?

4/15/2014 Jose V. Nable, MD, NRP , Christina L. Tupe, MD

Backboards: Do They Really Have Your Back? Spinal immobilization has long been considered standard practice for pre-hospital trauma patients. Placing patients on long spinal boards is one of the most

Wilderness Medicine

Management of Hypothermia from Wilderness to the ED

4/14/2014 Nicholas Daniel, DO

Management of Hypothermia from Wilderness to the ED Wilderness medicine entails the treatment of exposure-related maladies in the middle of nowhere. Well, not always. While this blossoming field of e

Global EM Fellowships

A Guide to International Emergency Medicine Fellowships

4/14/2014 Nathan Ramsey, MD , Gabrielle Jacquet, MD, MPH , Bhakti Hansoti, MBChB, MPH

A Guide to International Emergency Medicine Fellowships Finding Your Niche in the World There are over 30 International Emergency Medicine (IEM) fellowship programs, with more being added every year.

Editorial , Medical Education

The Times They are A'Changing

4/14/2014 David Diller, MD

The Times They are A'Changing The world of emergency medicine education has been inundated by talk of competency-based assessments. As you may have noticed, the Milestones have arrived, and they've b

Leadership Reports , ACGME RC-EM

Council of Review Committee Residents Meeting

4/14/2014 Brandon Allen, MD

Council of Review Committee Residents Meeting It's been a busy beginning to 2014. The week after our EMRA Board of Directors retreat for strategic planning, I traveled to Chicago for the biannual Cou

Medical Students , Osteopathic

Osteopathic EM: Two Roads, One Destination

4/13/2014 Zach Jarou, MD , Bradley Davis, DO

Osteopathic EM: Two Roads, One Destination The Changing Training Landscape In February 2014, after months of discussion, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Accreditation Council for G

Critical Care

A Brief Review of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

4/11/2014 Semhar Tewelde, MD , Adeleke Oni, MD

A Brief Review of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure A 56-year-old male with a history of end stage COPD, sarcoidosis, and pulmonary hypertension comes into your ED in respiratory failure. His initial o

Curriculum Vitae

The CV Conundrum

4/10/2014 Anant Patel, DO

The CV Conundrum How is it that one document causes so much angst and stress in its creation? Perhaps it's because that one document plays such an important role in our futures. It seems unfair that