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Clinical , Critical Care

Toxic Shock Syndrome

1/29/2016 Nicholas Johnson, MD , Nathan VanderVinne, DO

Toxic Shock Syndrome A 36-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status. Family reveals no significant medical history outside of recurrent epistaxis and a progres

Pediatric EM

Freak Out or Chill Out?

1/29/2016 Seth Ball, MD , Sarah Moreland, MD

Freak Out or Chill Out? Nothing terrifies a parent more than watching their child go limp or struggle to breathe. The term “apparent life threatening event,” or ALTE, was established in 1986 by the

Clinical , EMS

The EMS Handoff: A Critical Time for Critical Improvement

1/29/2016 Joshua Bucher, MD , Hashim Zaidi, MD

The EMS Handoff: A Critical Time for Critical Improvement In the middle of a busy shift, you are hastily beckoned to a new patient's room just as he has begun to seize. Your patient is an 8-year-old-

Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal , Clinical , Urology

Urinary Tract Infections

1/29/2016 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infections From the July 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department.” Reprinted with permission. To ac

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

1/29/2016 EM Resident

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease From the July 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Emergency Department: Managing Flares and Long-Ter

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert! Dabigatran Reversal

12/29/2015 Christina Chien, MD

Critical Care Alert! Dabigatran Reversal Article: Pollack CV et al. Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal. NEJM. 2015;373: 511-20. PubMedID: 26095746 Background Novel oral anticoagulant agents such as

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Fellowships , Pediatric Fellowships

Why Pursue Pediatric Emergency Medicine?

12/4/2015 Paul Ishimine, MD, FACEP , Paula Whiteman, MD, FACEP, FAAP , Kyle Marshall, MD, FACEP , Kurtis Mayz, JD, MD, MBA, FACEP , Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP , Emily Rose, MD, FAAP, FACEP , Christopher S Amato, MD, FAAP, FACEP , Arwen Declan, MD , Ariel Cohen, DO , Ann Dietrich, MD, FACEP

Why Pursue Pediatric Emergency Medicine? Why should an EM resident consider specializing in pediatric EM? What unique opportunities exist for pediatric EM physicians? One of ACEP's Pediatric Emergenc

Clinical , Wilderness Medicine

When Lightning Strikes

12/3/2015 Brett Van Leer-Greenberg, MD , Abdullah Bakhsh, MD, MBBS

When Lightning Strikes A 54-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after being struck by lightning while wiring a house with grounding poles. He was awake at the scene and does not believe he lost

Informatics , Legislation

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH

12/3/2015 Warren M. Perry, MD , Arjun K. Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH Emergency Health Care and the Stimulus Package In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Orthopedics

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma

12/3/2015 Matthew Swarm, MD

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. He was the restrained backseat passenger of a vehicle th