Browsing: December 2021

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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to Know Your Secretary/Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD

12/12/2021 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
EMRA Secretary of the Board/EM Resident Editor-in-Chief Jessica Adkins Murphy is ready to elevate the voice of emergency medicine through print and digital outreach.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to Know Your Vice Speaker: Amanda Irish, MD, MPH

12/12/2021 Amanda Irish, MD, MPH, MS, DTMH
EMRA Vice Speaker of the Council Amanda Irish wants you to know policy can be a powerful way to shape the profession you want.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to Know Your President-Elect: Abbey Smiley, MD

12/12/2021 Abbey Smiley, MD
EMRA President-elect Abbey Smiley, MD, is ready to tackle the challenges that lie ahead with the healthcare workforce in America.
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Social EM

Earning Patients' Trust by Respecting Pronouns

12/12/2021 Susan Mari
There has never been a more critical time for the healthcare community to stand up for our trans and nonbinary patients. Using a person's chosen name and pronouns isn't difficult. It isn't radical. It
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Match , Medical Education , Career Planning

A Last-Minute Swerve into EM

12/12/2021 Megan Ladd, DO
After a second interview season, I’m an intern in emergency medicine watching as EM-bound students and reapplying residents make their way through the match. This is what I learned about taking the sc
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Social EM , Diversity and Inclusion , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

The Intersection of Administration and Health Equity Panel: A Reflection

12/12/2021 Christina Brown, MD , Joe Gannett, MD , Tehreem Rehman, MD, MPH , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA
Emergency physicians treat everyone, regardless of social position, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual identity, or abilities. However, are we treating everyone equally?
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Medical Education , Wellness

How To Get Back Into the ED Groove

12/12/2021 Hajirah Ishaq, DO, MS , Meenal Sharkey, MD, FACEP
It happens to all of us: you've enjoyed a restorative vacation or you’re finishing an ultrasound rotation or even coming back after your wedding... and now you must return to the emergency department.
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COVID-19 , Workplace , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Career Planning

Addressing an Uncertain Future: Targeted Programming to Prepare Emergency Medicine Residents to Enter the Workforce Amid a Pandemic

12/12/2021 Miriam Bukhsh, MD , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc
The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a toll on the lives of patients served by the emergency department, also dramatically altered the transition process and job search timeline for emergency medicine re
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Cardiology

A Case Report of Torsades de Pointes and Hemochromatosis

12/12/2021 Gennarina Riso, DO, MS , Arthur Smolensky, MD, MS, FAAEM
Torsades de pointes is a subcategory of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. It is associated with long QT syndrome and characterized by the unique appearance of small and large amplitude of complexes
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Hematology , Pain Management , Toxicology

A Real Pain in the Mouth: Acquired Methemoglobinemia

12/12/2021 Emily Wolery, MD , Cynthia Oliva, MD , K.T. Dyer, MD
Acquired methemoglobinemia, a pathologic condition due to elevated quantities of methemoglobin in the blood, is an infrequent presentation in a healthy adult patient. This case illustrates the risk as