Browsing: May 2016

Medical Students , Leadership , Med Student , Editorial

Q & A: Medical Student Council - New Leadership, Same Goal

5/26/2016 Seth Kelly, MD, MBA, FF-(W)EMT , Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV

Q & A: Medical Student Council - New Leadership, Same Goal The EMRA Medical Student Council is among the busiest branches of our bustling association, with student membership growing exponentially in

Clinical , Critical Care

A Leg Up: Management of Chronic Wounds in the ED

5/26/2016 Nathan M. Finnerty, MD , Michael B. Weinstock, MD , Colin G. Kaide, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, UHM

A Leg Up: Management of Chronic Wounds in the ED A 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and morbid obesity presents to the emergency department (ED) with bilateral foot, ankle, and calf pa

International , Practice Environments

Spotlight on An International EM Doc

5/26/2016 N. Shakira Bandolin, MD

Spotlight on An International EM Doc Hilmar Kjartansson, MD, FACEM, a native of Grindavik, Iceland (a small fishing town near Reykjavik), works as the clinical director of emergency medicine at the N

Ophthalmology

Unforeseen Dangers: Keeping an Eye on Endophthalmitis

5/26/2016 Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH , David Traficante, DO , Anthony Catapano, DO

Unforeseen Dangers: Keeping an Eye on Endophthalmitis A 58-year-old female presents to the ED with a chief complaint of right eye pain. She underwent cataract surgery 2 days prior and has experienced

Editorial

Weighed Down by Words: How to Recognize and Avoid Anchoring Bias

5/26/2016 Zac Hafez, MD

Weighed Down by Words: How to Recognize and Avoid Anchoring Bias “Chief complaint: flank pain.” I started thinking about my differential: nephrolithiasis, urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, pel

EMPower

Amal Mattu, MD, FACEP (@amalmattu)

5/26/2016 EM Resident

Amal Mattu, MD, FACEP (@amalmattu) You might know Amal Mattu as a social media giant, with 16,600 Twitter followers, countless readers of his popular blog, ECGWeekly, and an army of faithful podcast

Toxicology , Clinical

How LOW Can You Go? Sulfonylurea-Induced Hypoglycemia

5/25/2016 Dhimitri Nikolla, DO , Christopher Karns, DO

How LOW Can You Go? Sulfonylurea-Induced Hypoglycemia A 66-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus type two and dementia presents to your emergency department with hypoglycem

Informatics

Top 5 Charting Pitfalls

5/25/2016 Michael Mollo, MD

Top 5 Charting Pitfalls In general, residents receive very little education in billing and coding. But there's value in being able to quickly and efficiently churn out patient notes while achieving t

EMRA MedWAR , Events & Activities , Wilderness Medicine

MedWAR: Are You Up for the Challenge?

5/25/2016 Landon Pratt, MD , Jennifer Miller, DO

MedWAR: Are You Up for the Challenge? You are in a canoe with two friends crossing a lake when suddenly one of them loses consciousness and falls overboard, tipping the canoe and all of its contents

Critical Care , Clinical

Under Pressure: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

5/25/2016 Priyanka Lauber, DO , Matthew A. Stephens, MD, FAAEM, FACEP , Krystle Shafer, MD , Gregory Christiansen, DO, MEd, FACOEP-D

Under Pressure: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome A 24-year-old male arrives to the emergency department (ED) after a motor vehicle collision. Initial workup reveals pelvic fractures with a small amount