Browsing: Social EM

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Trauma , Social EM , EMS

The Riot Trauma: What Injuries Should You Expect From Non-Lethal Police Weapons and Protests?

12/1/2020 Sriram Venkatesan, FAWM , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C
Protests have become a more common occurrence in 2020, and emergency physicians are seeing an increase in riot-related injuries in their hospitals. Become familiar with the weapons in the tactical and
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Social EM

Water, Fire, and Medicine: Why Environmental Justice Matters in EM

11/30/2020 Caroline Lee
Environmental catastrophes bring patients into the ED who are uniquely vulnerable, such as individuals without homes, the uninsured, and other marginalized populations. Health professionals should not
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Social EM , Urology , Health Policy

Failure of Follow-Up: Scrotal Hernia Case Illustrates Health Care Disparities

11/18/2020 Jason W. David, MD, Capt (USAF) , Aaron A. Johnson, DO, Capt (USAF) , Jerad Eldred, MD
Hernias with loss of domain are often a consequence of poor access to surgical care and require extensive planning and management. This case of scrotal hernia illustrates how health care disparities a
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Social EM , Health Policy

Calling 911 on Climate Change: A Matter of Public Health

10/9/2020 Paige Machado, MD
There is increasing recognition in the house of medicine that climate change is not just an issue for scientists and politicians, but for our patients.
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Social EM , Sepsis , Hematology

Septic Thrombophlebitis as a Consequence of Intravenous Drug Use Disorder

10/9/2020 Ali Elsaied, DO , Kuljit Kaur, DO , Darragh Cullen, DO
This is a unique case of Lemierre's syndrome in a person who injects drugs (PWID) without a history of recent oropharyngeal infection or the presence of a central venous catheter.
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Social EM , Patient Interactions

Language Justice: One Step Toward Health Equity

10/9/2020 Joe Gannett, MD , Hayley Musial, MD
Patient safety has been a prime issue in health care since the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human, which led to adverse event tracking and quality improvement measures in almost e
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COVID-19 , Social EM

How Social Distancing Can Endanger Our Patients: Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

8/18/2020 Alexa Van Besien, MD , Lorena Rodriguez Perez , Shana Zucker , David Wilson , Kathleen Y. Ogle, MD
Reports of Intimate Partner Violence have significantly increased since mandated stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this setting, how can you be attuned to patients at ris
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Social EM

Training the Front Line: Substance Use Disorder Education for EM Residents

8/17/2020 Lucinda Lai, MD, MPhil
A grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has helped ACEP, ABEM, CORD, and EMRA develop a curriculum for emergency medicine residency programs. Learn how to help recog
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Social EM

Climate Change is Killing Patients. Let’s Not Make it Worse

8/14/2019 Laura Haselden, MD
A climate assessment from November 2018 comprehensively measured the current and projected state of climate change and its effects on human health. It found what we as emergency physicians should alre