Browsing: October 2017

EMPower

James A. D'Orta, MD, FACEP(E)

10/5/2017 EM Resident

James A. D'Orta, MD, FACEP(E) Advancements in medicine are driven by the curious, the dedicated — even, sometimes, the indignant. Throughout his three-decade career, innovator and physician Jim D'Ort

Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Condition

10/5/2017 Lawrence Lau, MD , Hannah Mirzakhani , Nicholas Governatori, MD

Diagnose this Condition The Patient 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with 2 days of gradually worsening rash over the left nare, left upper lip, and inferior medial

Toxicology , Toxins

Chemical Warfare Agents

10/3/2017 Navneet Cheema, MD , Natalie Neumann, MD

Chemical Warfare Agents Today, chemical warfare agents (CWAs) may pose a greater hazard to civilians than soldiers. The threat of chemical warfare is hardly novel. Traditionally used by armies to bre

Leadership Reports , President's Message , Health Policy

Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!

10/3/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto! Random question: How many ways can you think of to say thank you? Seriously. Even if you're not multilingual, I'm sure you know the phrase

Health Policy , Advocacy

Bait and Switch: Troubling Developments in Emergency Care Coverage

10/3/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

Bait and Switch: Troubling Developments in Emergency Care Coverage Anthem, the nation's second largest insurer, has adopted a policy under which emergency department (ED) visits could be denied cover

Neurology

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia

10/3/2017 Priyanka Lauber, DO , Krystle Shafer, MD

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia A 31-year-old multiparous woman who is 7 days postpartum after a c-section presents to the emergency department for the second time complaining of a

Diversity and Inclusion

What's the T? Caring for Transgender Individuals in the Emergency Department

10/3/2017 Hani I. Kuttab, MD

What's the T? Caring for Transgender Individuals in the Emergency Department Recently, I had my first experience caring for a transgender patient in the emergency department. The patient's chief comp

Critical Care

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis

10/3/2017 Ram Parekh, MD , Mark Andreae, MD

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis A 90-year-old male with a past medical history of severe aortic stenosis, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and chronic kidney disease p