Browsing: December 2015

Informatics , Legislation

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH

12/3/2015 Warren M. Perry, MD , Arjun K. Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH Emergency Health Care and the Stimulus Package In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Orthopedics

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma

12/3/2015 Matthew Swarm, MD

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. He was the restrained backseat passenger of a vehicle th

Cardiology , Clinical

Wolff-Parkinson Wait!

12/2/2015 Tim Barr, DO , Mike Hausberger, DO , Adam Sadowski, DO

Wolff-Parkinson Wait! A healthy 28-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with palpitations and dizziness. Vital signs are within normal limits except for a r

EMPower , Non Clinical

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

12/2/2015 EM Resident

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Medical school: Thomas Jefferson University Residency: SUNY Downstate and Kings County Hospital Current position: Program director and vice chair for Education,

Editorial

The Focus: Mastering the Art of Multitasking

12/2/2015 Samuel Zidovetzki, MD

The Focus: Mastering the Art of Multitasking “Doctor, come quick!” The anxious words pierce my reverie as I sit at my desk, attempting to chip away at the stack of unfinished charts piling up from t

Clinical , Critical Care

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens

12/2/2015 William Baker, MD, FACEP , Samuel Kim, MD

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens A 65-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer is brought to the emergency department with one day of left leg swelling,

Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Syncope in Adult Patients

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Syncope in Adult Patients From the April 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Syncope: Risk Stratification and Clinical Decision Making.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA member

Pediatric EM , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Clinical

Urinary Tract Infection in Children

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infection in Children From the May 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Emergency Department Diagnostics and Interventions.” Repri

Visual Diagnosis , Ophthalmology , Clinical

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus

12/1/2015 Lawrence Stack, MD , Craig Sheedy, MD , Brian Bales, MD

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus The Patient A 36-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of decreased vision, pain, and photophobia of her left eye. She denies