Browsing: June 2015

Clinical , Ultrasound , Pain Management

Three-in-One: The Forearm Nerve Block

6/13/2015 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Andrew Oh, MD

Three-in-One: The Forearm Nerve Block A 29-year-old carpenter rushes into your emergency department with a 6 cm laceration on the palmar aspect of his hand after mishandling a power saw. The lacerati

Clinical , Critical Care

Solo Sodium: Emergent Management of Symptomatic Hyponatremia

6/13/2015 Ryan Cooper, MD , David Snow, MD, MSc

Solo Sodium: Emergent Management of Symptomatic Hyponatremia A 62-year-old Hispanic male is brought in by EMS for altered mental status and new onset seizure. On arrival to the emergency department

Research

Backing Up the Evidence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

6/13/2015 Joshua Davis, MD

Backing Up the Evidence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis A meta-analysis or systematic review (MA/SR) can be a powerful tool to aggregate data on a specific question and arrive at a universal ans

Ethics , Medical Students , International EM

Ethical Dilemmas During the Global Health Elective

6/13/2015 Anand Selvam, MD

Ethical Dilemmas During the Global Health Elective The Other Side of the Looking Glass The blood will not stop flowing. Marked with many of the sequelae of late-stage AIDS, my 19-year-old HIV-positiv

Clinical , Critical Care

Resuscitation and the Humeral Intraosseous Line

6/13/2015 Justin Stimac, MD

Resuscitation and the Humeral Intraosseous Line A lethargic 56-year-old female with a history of end stage renal disease and intravenous drug use presents with hypoglycemia and severe hypotension. De

Research

Researching Barriers

6/13/2015 Paul Cheung, MD

Researching Barriers Research — An Important Skill? The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) states that a medical “curriculum must advance residents' knowledge of the basic p

Representative Council

National Movements and Local Roots

6/12/2015 Nida Degesys, MD

National Movements and Local Roots EMRA Continues to Represent its Members on the Largest Stages Hello EMRA members! It has been so exciting serving as your Vice Speaker. I joined the now 13,000+ mem

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

Building EMRA

6/12/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

Building EMRA Your Growth, Our Evolution In my seven years as an EMRA member, I have seen our association grow in size, strength, and influence. We've added not just members, but also accomplishments

Wellness , Financial , Personal Finance

It's Never Too Early

6/12/2015 M. Shayne Ruffing, CLU, ChFC, AEP

It's Never Too Early Over the past 20 years, I have had the opportunity to work with thousands of different financial situations, encompassing many different practice and income models, as well as ma

Editorial , Burnout , Wellness , Compassion Fatigue

Wake-Up Call: Fear and Empathy in Emergencies

6/12/2015 Jamie R. Santistevan, MD

Wake-Up Call: Fear and Empathy in Emergencies The shrill sound of my pager rang me out of my early-morning stupor at 5 a.m. The small screen indicated that a Level 1 trauma was heading our way soon –