Browsing: February 2019

Editor's Forum

Price Transparency in the ED: A Murky Future

2/5/2019 Tommy Eales, DO
There's a monumental problem in how patients are billed for emergency visits. It's called surprise billing - and it's definitely not a good surprise.
Urology

Eggplant Emoji Emergencies

2/5/2019 Derek Hunt DO , Andrew Marsh, MD
Penile emergencies are infrequent, painful for the patient, and difficult to simulate for practice in advance. But saving life and "limb" is why we all became emergency physicians.
Wellness

Making My Happiness

2/5/2019 Lana Shaker, MD , Rebecca Goett, MD, FACEP
Being happy is a skill; you have to practice and make it a habit.
EMS , Prehospital Care

From Bedside to Curbside: Prehospital Clinical Research Update

2/5/2019 Jeremy Lacocque, DO , Clifford Freeman, MD , Seth Kelly, MD, MBA, FF-(W)EMT
Clinical research guides the care your patients are receiving before they reach you. It pays to stay up to date with out-of-hospital evidence-based practices.
President's Message

Advocating to Make Emergency Medicine the Best Specialty It Can Be

2/5/2019 Omar Maniya, MD, MBA
EMRA helps make you the best doctor you can be, the best leader you can be, and helps make EM the best specialty it can be, through our unrivaled advocacy.
Pediatric EM

A Blue Baby Comes into Your ED

2/5/2019 Natalia Popenko, MD , Aditi Mitra, MD
As emergency medicine providers, how can we best approach the cyanotic and non-cyanotic infant?
Cardiology

Pacemaker Basics for the Emergency Physician

2/5/2019 Genna Jerrard, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD , Eli Zeserson, MD, FACEP
Can you distinguish between an abnormal EKG and a cardiac device malfunction at a glance, recall common pacer codes, or identify pacemaker problems on an X-ray? As the use of cardiac devices increases
Cardiology

A Case Report: Acute Myocardial Infarction in a 29-year-old Male

2/5/2019 Aaron Tiffee, MD, FACEP , Zariad Saran, DO , Tyler Ingersoll, MS
The HEART score is a go-to tool in assessing the risk of an acute coronary syndrome. But in this case, a score of 3 did not mean the 29-year-old patient was safe.
Research , Medical Education

Reading a Journal Article: A Simplified Approach

2/5/2019 Gregory Tanquary, DO, MBA , Eric Cortez, MD, FACEP
Physicians need to feel confident in their ability to critically appraise new research. But it's not always easy, especially with an ever-increasing body of knowledge.
Career Planning , Toxicology

Profiles in Toxicology: Ken Katz, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FACMT

2/5/2019 Aaron S. Frey, DO
Medical toxicology is a field with diverse - and sometimes disparate - career options. Find out more from Ken Katz, editor-in-chief of the EMRA and ACMT Medical Toxicology Guide.