Browsing: October 2015

Financial , Personal , Career Planning , Resident

EMRA Resident Forum and ACEP15: Make the Most of It!

10/8/2015 M. Shayne Ruffing, CLU, ChFC, AEP

EMRA Resident Forum and ACEP15: Make the Most of It! It happens in late fall and accelerates into spring: Graduating residents start to stress about the move into practice. Not the medical or profess

Clinical , Ultrasound

A Literature Review and Discussion: Sheath & Sound

10/8/2015 Michael Schick, DO, MA , Jay Taylor Williams, MD

A Literature Review and Discussion: Sheath & Sound Case You are working in Central America doing emergency development work, when a 7-year-old girl presents in status epilepticus. She has no seizure

Clinical , OB/GYN

Emergent Concerns in Ovarian Stimulation

10/8/2015 Taylor R. Spencer, MD, MPH , Stephen Verdini, DO , Luke Duncan, MD

Emergent Concerns in Ovarian Stimulation Clinical Case A 39-year-old female presents with acute right lower abdominal pain that awoke her from sleep. Her only medical history involves progesterone us

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Pain Management

Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Sedation

10/8/2015 Lisa Greenfield, MD

Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Sedation In the emergency department, we perform minor surgical procedures and invasive tests on children every day. Intravenous procedural sedation is often used to facil

The Options for Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

10/8/2015 Chris Lemon, MD , Ashley Strobel, MD

The Options for Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Do you remember the “sorting hat” from Harry Potter? Plop it down on the noggin of an aspiring young student, and it mumbles and grumbles in

Editorial

Social Emergency Medicine: It's What We Do

10/8/2015 Charles Justin Hall, DO

Social Emergency Medicine: It's What We Do “One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” — Albert Schweitzer The role of

Informatics

Collecting Better Data for Better Care

10/6/2015 Nupur Garg, MD

Collecting Better Data for Better Care As new interns embark on the path towards becoming EM physicians, many may be surprised (and sometimes frustrated) to realize the sheer volume of patients who m

Membership , Benefits , ACEP Member Benefits , EMRA

ACEP's Local Benefit: ACEP Chapter Opportunity Database

10/6/2015 Zach Jarou, MD

ACEP's Local Benefit: ACEP Chapter Opportunity Database ACEP Chapter Opportunities for Residents and Students When you joined EMRA and ACEP, did you know that you also became a member of a third orga

EMRA , Leadership Reports , Treasurer's Report

Strength in Our Numbers

10/6/2015 Jordan Celeste, MD

Strength in Our Numbers Fiscal Year 2014-2015 (FY14-15) has been yet another success for EMRA. Our continued growth in terms of membership, member benefits, and financial standing is a true testament

Speaker Report , Events & Activities

Primed for Boston

10/4/2015 Nida Degesys, MD

Primed for Boston Happy October, EMRA! I cannot believe that almost a year, and four seasons (depending on where you live) have whizzed by since I was elected to serve as your Vice Speaker. And what