Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Re-evaluation of Systemic Early Neuromuscular Blockade: The ROSE Trial

7/16/2019 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Sean M. Hickey, MD

Does early neuromuscular blockade accompanied by heavy sedation in ARDS cases improve all-cause in-hospital mortality rates? The ROSE trial investigates.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Social Determinants of Health in Medicaid

7/5/2019 Brittney Mull, MD, MPH

How much could we improve care if Medicaid addressed social determinants of health?

Medical Student Council , Medical Students , Advising , Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Jessica L. Smith, MD | Brown University's Emergency Medicine Residency Program

6/24/2019 Peter Mattson

This month our Program Director Interview Series turns to the Northeast. We spoke with Jessica L. Smith, MD, FACEP, Program Director of Brown University’s EM residency, about the opportunities availab

Medical Student Council , Medical Students , Advising , Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Michele L. Dorfsman, MD | University Of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency Program

6/24/2019 Samuel Southgate, MD, MA

This month our Program Director Interview Series turns to the Northeast. We spoke with Dr. Michele L. Dorfsman, Program Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s EM residency, about what makes Pitt’s

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Measuring Lactate vs. Capillary Refill in Guiding Resuscitation in Shock: Is there a difference?

6/11/2019 Bryan Beattie, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD

When trying to resuscitate patients with septic shock, which offers better guidance for intervention: measuring capillary refill or trending lactate levels? The Andromeda SHOCK trial studied patients

Airway , Pediatric EM

Difficult to Ventilate and Oxygenate: The Pediatric Airway Overview

6/10/2019 Zaza Atanelov, MD, MPH , Gwen Hooley, MD , Sylvia E. Garcia, MD

Critically ill pediatric patients can make physicians-in-training nervous - and that anxiety is heightened when it comes to a pediatric patient in respiratory distress. This article reviews the basics

Health Policy

All About EMTALA: The Law That Runs the ED

6/10/2019 Eric Maughan, MD

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act was meant to ensure emergency care for all. While it has provided that type of safety net, some unintended consequences have not been as positive.

Pulmonary

The Elusive Foreign Body: A Case Report

6/10/2019 Divya Mohan, DO , Jamie Adamski, DO, FACOEP, FAAEM

Foreign body aspiration is a frequent complaint in the ED. Finding the culprit, however, is not always straightforward.

Toxicology

Intentional Flecainide Overdose: A Case Report

6/10/2019 James M. Gaylor, MD , Andrew Franco, MD , Leah Manchester, MD , Raquel F. Harrison, MD, FACEP

Flecainide overdose is a rare but serious toxic ingestion. Treatment includes the aggressive administration of sodium bicarbonate and a low threshold to initiate ILE or ECMO.

Infectious Disease

You Can't Spell Fluoroquinolones without N-O

6/10/2019 Sajid Khan, MD , Maryam Arshad, MD

Once routinely prescribed for a variety of infections, fluoroquinolones have been shown to increase the likelihood of a host of negative effects and are now used sparingly. Do you know the 3 condition

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