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Pain Management , Pediatric EM , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Nerve Blocks

8/21/2014 EM Resident
Pediatric Nerve Blocks From the October 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Nerve Blocks: An Evidence-Based Approach.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA memb
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Leadership Reports , ACGME RC-EM

Inteviews: RRC Committee Leaders

8/21/2014 Brandon Allen, MD
Inteviews: RRC Committee Leaders I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Drs. Wallace Carter, chair, and Philip Shayne, vice chair, of the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for emergency medic
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Risk Management Pitfalls

Novel Oral Anticoagulant Agents

8/21/2014 EM Resident
Novel Oral Anticoagulant Agents From the October 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Emergency Department Management of Patients on Novel Oral Anticoagulant Agents.” Reprinted with
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Editorial , Wellness

Baseballs, Einstein and EM

8/15/2014
Baseballs, Einstein and EM Matthew T. Huberty, MSIV, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN If you've worked an ED shift lately, perhaps you've noticed how physics plays an important role in emergency me
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EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message , ACEP Scientific Assembly

EMRA Prepares to Blow into the Windy City

8/15/2014 Jordan Celeste, MD
EMRA Prepares to Blow into the Windy City Every autumn, EMRA gears up for its biggest meeting of the year, held in conjunction with ACEP's Scientific Assembly. This year for ACEP14, our destination l
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Leadership and Advocacy Conference , Advocacy

Lobbying with ACEP: Health Policy from LAC14

8/15/2014 Ronnie Ren , Archana Shah
Lobbying with ACEP: Health Policy from LAC14 Each May, emergency physicians from across the country converge in Washington, D.C. at ACEP's Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC) to advocate for iss
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Infectious Disease , Urology

Rotting Away: Fournier's Gangrene

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Rotting Away: Fournier's Gangrene Matthew Mitchell, MD, Resident, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Case An 83-year-old male is dropped off by his caregiver with a chief complaint of shortness of
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Infectious Disease , Ultrasound

Infecting the Masses: Soft Tissue Infections and Ultrasound

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Infecting the Masses: Soft Tissue Infections and Ultrasound Sarah H. Michael, DO, MS, Resident, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI There are few tasks in emergency medicine that are as simple to
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Guided Procedures , Infectious Disease

Small Spaces: Ultrasound-Guided Small Joint Aspiration

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Small Spaces: Ultrasound-Guided Small Joint Aspiration Meredith Hill-Ciesielski, MD, Ultrasound Fellow, Detroit Receiving and Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Mark Favot, MD,
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Editorial , Wellness , Personal , Workplace

New Doctors, New Choices: The Delicate Work/Life Balance

8/15/2014 EM Resident
New Doctors, New Choices: The Delicate Work/Life Balance Tim Murphy, MSIV, University of Connecticut , School of Medicine, Farmington, CT During my third-year rotations, I was frequently regaled with