Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: ACA Expanded Coverage for Emergencies

10/6/2019 Gregory Jasani, MD

The ACA accomplished a goal of fewer uninsured patients and less of a need for inpatient care, but the emergency room kept as busy as ever.

Critical Care , Cardiology

Mini Review: Blunt Cardiac Injury

9/26/2019 Mina Ghobrial, MD

Blunt chest trauma may be more prevalent than you realize. Sharpen your clinical gestalt by understanding the most helpful diagnostic tools, such as troponin, EKG, and echocardiography.

Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Richard W. Stair, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

9/23/2019 Daniel N Jourdan

Program Director Interview Series: Richard W. Stair, MD | Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Daniel N. Jourdan, MSIV, Brody School of Medicine a

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Planes, Trains, and Ambulances

9/6/2019 Caitlin Farrell, DO, MPH

Will freestanding EDs truly improve access to medical care for underserved populations? A geospatial analysis comparing FSEDs to the nearest public transport station casts doubt.

Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

9/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Jaskirat Gill, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Omid Manoochehri, MD , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P , Yanika Wolfe, MD

Will transesophageal echocardiography become the first imaging incorporated into ACLS protocols?

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students , Advising

Program Director Interview Series: Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD, Residency Program Director at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

8/26/2019 Amanda Amen

This month our Program Director Interview Series is focused on the Midwest. We spoke with Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD, Program Director at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, about the training opportuniti

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students , Advising

Program Director Interview Series: Vicki E. Noble, MD, Residency Program Director at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

8/26/2019 Samuel Southgate, MD, MA

This month our Program Director Interview Series is focused on the Midwest. We spoke with Vicki E. Noble, MD, Program Director of the Center for Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Me

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

Neurology

Detecting Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

8/14/2019 Lee Johnson , May Li, MD

A missed diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) can lead to Korsakoff syndrome, which carries a 20% mortality rate. Because this life-threatening condition can be easily misdiagnosed, it's importan

Toxicology

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: Mind the Gap, Give Patients What They Need

8/14/2019 Brendan Innes, MD , Stephanie Carreiro, MD

Patients with alcohol use disorder commonly present to the ED critically ill, with myriad underlying pathologies. Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) should be considered in anyone with prolonged and/or bing

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