Browsing: July 2024

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Op-Ed , Diversity and Inclusion , EMRA Board of Directors

Norte: Long Journey Upward Brings Power of Perspective

7/10/2024 Derek Martinez, DO
Your perspective is power. It is your gift. For those of us from marginalized communities, perspective gives us strength. It affects how we treat patients. It affects how we view our specialty. It aff
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Infectious Disease , Urology

Not Just Rectal Bleeding: A Case of Fournier’s Gangrene

7/10/2024 Elaine Hsiang, MD , Claire Perrin , Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS, FACEP
Fournier’s gangrene is a surgical emergency. Time to surgical intervention is the most significant modifiable risk factor for mortality in these necrotizing infections, and early intervention can halv
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International EM , Ultrasound

The Art of Chin Chin: A Multi-Year Partnership in the Dominican Republic Advancing POCUS

7/1/2024 Irbert Vega , Robert Fuller, MD, FACEP , Natalie J. Moore, MD , Ybel Fermín Fernández, MD , Heather Hechter, MD , José Raúl Vargas Estévez, MD
When I (lead author Irbert L. Vega, MD) went to the Dominican Republic for my global EM elective, I suddenly found myself in an environment where POCUS was still a nascent technology instead of a stan
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Resuscitation

Critical Care Alert: Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body

7/1/2024 Alex Lucas, MD , Josh Wild, DO , Gabriel Colon, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD
ECPR continues to show promising results for patients undergoing cardiac arrest. CARL technology implements a new design that provides comprehensive monitoring and multimodal therapy to address the un