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Mel Herbert, MD, MBBS, BMedSci, FACEP, FAAEM @MelHerbert

8/1/2016 EM Resident

Mel Herbert, MD, MBBS, BMedSci, FACEP, FAAEM @MelHerbert The incomparable Mel Herbert will serve as a judge for EMRA's 20 in 6 Resident Lecture Competition in Las Vegas. As one of the highly acclai

Med Student , Editorial

EndStep2CS, Gun Violence Research, GME Funding, and More

8/1/2016 Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV , Arnab Sarker, MD, MBA

EndStep2CS, Gun Violence Research, GME Funding, and More EM Updates from the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting The American Medical Association (AMA) met in Chicago June 11-15 to discuss key issues pertaining

Research

Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop

8/1/2016 Cara Bergamo, MD

Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop Interested in pursuing a fellowship that will require research? Better yet, interested in a career in emergency medicine research? ACEP's Emergen

Board Certification , Medical Education

In-Service Exams, E-Orals, and a New Emergency Medicine Dual Specialty

8/1/2016 Alison Smith, MD, MPH

In-Service Exams, E-Orals, and a New Emergency Medicine Dual Specialty Updates from the American Board of Emergency Medicine Today's emergency medicine residents are more tech-savvy than ever, and th

Critical Care

Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED

8/1/2016 Ram Parekh, MD , Clark Owyang, MD , Chad Meyers, MD

Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED A 70-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department (ED) hypote

Toxicology , Medications

Bupropion: Skinny Happy Drug or Toxicologic Menace?

8/1/2016 Roxanne Thomas, MD , Joshua Shulman, MD , Anthony Pizon, MD

Bupropion: Skinny Happy Drug or Toxicologic Menace? A 24-year-old woman with a history of bulimia and depression is brought to the emergency department by ambulance. The patient is agitated and unab

Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

8/1/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor I cried the first time I read general surgery resident Dr. Joshua Corso's Facebook post about his blood-stained shoes in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. It went somethin

President's Message , Editorial

It's Time to Take a Stand

8/1/2016 Ramnik “Ricky” Dhaliwal, MD, JD

It's Time to Take a Stand On June 12, 2016, the United States was again shaken to its core and reminded of the devastation that guns can cause. In a span of 3 hours, more than 50 young people were ki

International

A New Frontier: One Resident's Experience in Tamale, Ghana

7/20/2016 Lydia Luangruangrong, MD

A New Frontier: One Resident's Experience in Tamale, Ghana Figure 1. A 64-year-old male with a past medical history of peptic ulcer disease presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) Emergency De

Advocacy , Health Policy

How to Talk to Your Legislator

7/19/2016 Patricia Yang

How to Talk to Your Legislator As medical students and future physicians, each of us can think of an issue or concern that we wish would be handled differently. Often, though, we stop at wishing for