EMRA Board of Directors , Representative Council

New Board: Vice Speaker of the Council Dr. Tracy Marko

12/10/2019

The Representative Council elected 5 new members to the EMRA Board of Directors. Meet your Vice Speaker of the Council Tracy Marko, MD, PhD, MS!

EMRA Board of Directors , EMRA Spotlight

New Board: President Dr. Hannah Hughes

12/10/2019 Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA

Get to know your EMRA President Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA!

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Emergency Docs, Advocate for Medicaid!

12/6/2019 Nishad A. Rahman, MD

The encouraging findings from this study? Medicaid expansion was successful in that repeat users shifted their ED use toward higher acuity conditions – that is, conditions for which EDs were designed.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Systemic Racism in EMS?

11/6/2019 Joshua Ellis, MD

Segregation in America was abolished on paper decades ago. But does it exist in practice?

Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Braden Hexom, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

10/21/2019 Samuel Southgate, MD, MA

Program Director Interview Series: Braden Hexom, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Samuel Southgate, MSIV, University of Connecticut Sc

Op-Ed , Sports Medicine

Do Sports Have an Effect on Gang Violence?

10/10/2019 Dustin Harris, MD

Can participation in sports programs reduce the chances of delinquent behavior in school-age children? A sports medicine fellow weighs in.

Pediatric EM , Endocrinology

A Sugar Rush: Managing Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis

10/10/2019 Cindy Chang, MD , Jessica L. Chow, MD, MPH , Ilene Claudius, MD, FACEP

Review 3 cases and string together 6 quick management pearls to help you keep on your toes when a child comes into the ED with diabetic ketoacidosis.

Cardiology , Shock

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

10/10/2019 Vase Bari, MD , B. Bryan Graham, DO

About 1 in 5 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will develop atrial fibrillation. Here's how to clue in to this underlying cause of the dysrhythmia when a patient presents to you in the ED.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: October 2019

10/10/2019 Benjamin Golden, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 22-year-old male with a history of sickle cell disease is brought to the ED by police after he was found altered and naked outside on a rainy night.

Ultrasound , Neurology , Pain Management , Orthopedics

Risk Awareness in the Interscalene Nerve Block

10/10/2019 Heather Roesly, MD , Spencer Tomberg, MD

Before employing this nerve block when addressing shoulder dislocations, ensure familiarity with the nerve structure in the area and assess whether it will be appropriate in the patient.

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