Browsing: April 2016

Award Winners

We Found Our Spring Awards Recipients!

4/25/2016 EM Resident

We Found Our Spring Awards Recipients! We searched far and wide for the best of the best, and we found you! Please join EMRA in congratulating the 2016 Spring Awards recipients. These outstanding med

Medical Education

ABA, ABEM Announce Combined Residency for EM/Anesthesia

4/21/2016 EM Resident

ABA, ABEM Announce Combined Residency for EM/Anesthesia The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) have announced the launch of a new option for co

Diagnose this Rash

4/7/2016 Shehzad Muhamed, MD , Glareh Imani, DO

Diagnose this Rash The Patient A 54-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a rash on her hands and legs that has progressed over the past day. She reports having used Lysol to clea

Editorial , Resident

Shift Fatigue

4/7/2016 Patrick Olivieri, MD

Shift Fatigue At the 11th Hour We have all felt it. The fatigue. The hunger. The hazy fog that ensues 11 hours into our shift. How does the average physician react in times of mental exhaustion? Do w

Research , Rapid Research Review

Rapid Research Review: PPV and NPV

4/7/2016 EM Resident

Rapid Research Review: PPV and NPV An Initiative of the EMRA Research Committee Terms Positive Predictive Value (PPV): The probability that a positive test result predicts disease Negative Predictive

Editorial

Leaving our Agendas at the Door

4/7/2016 Michelle S. Mitchell, MD

Leaving our Agendas at the Door Over the past year, many of us have seen images of refugees and migrants attempting to flee countries of political unrest and move toward Western Europe. Many times, m

Clinical , Airway , Ultrasound

Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation with Bedside US

4/7/2016 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Jennifer Beck-Esmay, MD

Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation with Bedside US A 45-year-old female is brought into your emergency department after cardiac arrest. A quick history from her husband reveals they recently ret

EMPower

Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP

4/7/2016 EM Resident

Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP Engage in a 5-minute conversation with ACEP President-Elect Becky Parker, and her densely packed CV will begin to make sense: Energy, connections, and clarity are hallmar

Match , Away Rotations , MSIII , MSIV

Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Away Rotations

4/7/2016 Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV , Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC , Dru Morgan , Adam Kellogg, MD, FACEP

Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Away Rotations Why settle for being average, when you can be the best version of yourself? Take advice from those who know how to shine on EM away rotations – because when 4 w