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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
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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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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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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 , 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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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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Ethics

Practical EM Ethics

8/14/2014
Practical EM Ethics Mike Schick, DO, MA, Ultrasound Fellow, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA Case A regular “super user” of your ED, whom you have grown to know well, presents as he typically does. EMS drop
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Personal , Burnout

Feeling the Burn: Tips to Combating Medical Burnout

8/14/2014 EM Resident
Feeling the Burn: Tips to Combating Medical Burnout Sepi Jooniani, MD, MPH, Resident, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI What does burnout mean? Do your feelings of cynicism mean you've lost your heart
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Toxicology , Medications , Critical Care

Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis

8/14/2014 Jenelle Holst, MD , Jason Hoppe, DO
Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis Case A 52-year-old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, neuropathy, and frequent urinary tract infections arrives by ambulance for prog
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Pediatric EM , Toxicology , Toxins

Scorpion's Sting

8/14/2014
Scorpion's Sting Christine Huang, MD, EM Pediatric Resident, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Background There are over 1,500 species of scorpions worldwide, of which only about 50 are dangerous eno