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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Committee , Space Medicine , Fellowships , EMbark , Residents

The Final Frontier for EM: An Inside Look at UCLA’s Space Medicine Fellowship Program

10/10/2022 Sriram Venkatesan, FAWM , Kyle Essex, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C, C-NPT

Future physician-astronauts, here’s a new opportunity that’s right up your alley — UCLA’s Space Medicine Fellowship. EMRA’s Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Committee gets a first-hand look with the

Ophthalmology

BRAO and CRAO: Quick Diagnosis, Management Lead to Better Outcomes in Retinal Artery Occlusion

10/10/2022 Joshua McGough, MD, MS , William Hockett, MD , Armando Garcia, MD , Daryl Williams, MD

CRAO and BRAO are ocular emergencies mandating rapid diagnosis and management to prevent permanent loss of vision. Treatment options include ocular massage to attempt to relocate a lesion to a more pe

Research

How To Make Your Survey Count

10/10/2022 Meredith Hurley, DO, MS

Surveys can be great research tools to obtain data when carefully designed and correctly administered. When writing a survey, consider the best method to administer it, take into account participant m

Ophthalmology

Tearful from Topiramate: A Case of Bilateral Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma

10/10/2022 Kalee Morris, DO, MS , Cynthia Oliva, MD

Managing acute angle closure glaucoma in the ED involves decreasing intraocular pressure caused by excess aqueous humor. Once the diagnosis is made, steps can be initiated to rapidly decrease the pres

Op-Ed

Possessive Eponyms: Removing the Apostrophe from Medical Diagnoses

10/10/2022 Jessica Mason, MD , Whitney Johnson, MD , Stuart Swadron, MD

Medical eponyms like “Grave’s disease” and “Bell’s palsy” suggest, misleadingly, either a sense of ownership or perhaps a personal affliction of the individual named. Additionally, eponyms complicate

Cardiology

Overlooked Sources of Bias in Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Research

10/10/2022 Dhimitri Nikolla, DO

Although bias is pervasive in medical research, OHCA studies have unique sources of bias that are infrequently addressed in study methods. Recognizing these biases is vital to the critical appraisal a

Nephrology , Urology

Unusual Causes of Hematuria

10/10/2022 Sophia Gorgens, MD , Mary Flanagan-Kundle, DPA, PA-C , Zhanna Roit, MD

Hematuria, while a common presentation to the ED, can have myriad causes. Some of those causes, such as a ruptured AAA and tuberculosis, can be life-threatening if not recognized. When working up a pa

Board Certification , Medical Education

Addiction Medicine Certification Strengthens EM Career

10/10/2022

Residents with certification in addiction medicine gain access to a number of benefits, including greater earning potential and federal loan repayment funds. Plus, the depth of knowledge that certific

OB/GYN

Complications of Elective Medical Abortions

10/10/2022 Julia S. Marcus , Eric Wert, MD , MAJ John Kiel, DO, MPH, CAQ-SM

It is typical for a patient to have side effects after a medical abortion. Differentiating expected versus significant adverse events is crucial to providing proper treatment. Patient education prior

Toxicology

Buprenorphine Induction: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed

10/10/2022 Lance Shaull, MD

Buprenorphine has been shown to be a safe and effective medication in multiple settings with extensive research on both unobserved induction and physician-observed induction. Emerging evidence suggest