Browsing: January 2023

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Palliative Care

Tips for Palliative Medicine Consults in the ED

1/30/2023 Carl Levy, DO , Eric Melnychuk, DO
Although most evaluations and interventions focus on providing life-sustaining interventions in the ED, emergency physicians must also be prepared to provide proper care to individuals who may not ben
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your Secretary/EM Resident Editor: Thuy Nguyen, MD

1/30/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your Secretary/EM Resident Editor: Thuy Nguyen, MD.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your Vice Speaker of the Council: Michaela Banks, MD, MBA

1/30/2023 Michaela Banks, MD, MBA
EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your Vice Speaker of the Council: Michaela Banks, MD, MBA.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your Director of Health Policy: Kenneth Taeyoung Kim, MD

1/30/2023 Kenneth Kim
EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your Director of Health Policy: Kenneth Taeyoung Kim, MD.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your President: Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD

1/30/2023 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your President: Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD.
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EMRA Board of Directors , Leadership

Get to know your EMRA Representative to ACEP: Aaron Kuzel, DO, MBA, EMT-T

1/30/2023 Aaron R. Kuzel, DO, MBA
EMRA is pleased to welcome the newest members and representatives to the EMRA Board of Directors. Get to know your EMRA Representative to ACEP: Aaron Kuzel, DO, MBA, EMT-T.
President's Message

EM residency applications are down. What does this mean for our future?

1/30/2023 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
Based on recent ERAS data, medical student applications to EM residencies are significantly decreasing for the second year in a row. This is likely a ripple effect of underlying issues mounting in eme
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Patient Interactions

Emergency Physicians’ Perspective: Caring for Persons with Disabilities

1/30/2023 Cori Poffenberger, MD , Anika Backster, MD , Jason Rotoli, MD
As health care professionals, we interact with and see patients with disabilities in one tiny microcosm of their world, in the hospital or the clinic, where they are the patient who may be ill or suff
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Airway , Orthopedics

Oh Snap! Ketamine-Induced Laryngospasm in an Adult Patient

1/30/2023 Ashleigh MacLean, MD , Neha Sehgal, DO
Overall, laryngospasm is rare. When it does occur, it almost always resolves with simple interventions such as pressure to Larson’s notch and assisted positive pressure ventilation. Supplemental oxyge
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Op-Ed , Patient Interactions , OB/GYN

Pilot Study: Evaluating Education Targeting Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking in an EM Residency

1/30/2023 Codee Champney, DO , Jordan Wells, MD , Luke He, MD , Grace Klanderud, MD , Megan L McElhinny, MD
IPV and HT are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Many victims will seek medical care, often in the ED. This puts emergency physicians in a position to identify and help vic