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COVID-19 , Wellness , Career Planning

Micro-Communities of Practice to Maintain Resilience During Times of Uncertainty: A Sustainable Means to Draw Strength When Depleted

5/12/2021 Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH , Merle A. Carter, MD, FACEP , Brian J. Levine, MD, FACEP
The impact COVID-19 has had on our personal and professional livelihood cannot be taken lightly. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have focused our efforts on protecting our patients, our loved
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Board Certification , Career Planning

Residents' Guide to ABEM Certification

5/11/2021 Haig Aintablian, MD , Alaa M. Aldalati, MBBS , William Spinosi, DO
Becoming board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine is a simple process requiring 3 steps for residents who are in their final years of training. The ABEM Reside
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Visits Down; Danger Up

5/6/2021 Surudh Daaram , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Emergency department volumes dropped precipitously during the COVID-19 pandemic. This isn't a good thing, as studies are now showing the alarming effects when patients delay or forego healthcare. As v
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The SALSA Randomized Clinical Trial

5/2/2021 John Conway, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
Symptomatic hyponatremia is a commonly encountered electrolyte abnormality in the emergency department. Treatment generally consists of 3% hypertonic saline therapy. But is a rapid intermittent bolus
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: A Systematic Review of VA-ECMO in Massive Pulmonary Embolism-Related Cardiac Arrest

5/2/2021 Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Heather Farthing, MD, MPH , Brian Sumner, MD
The data and support for veno-arterial ECMO for cardiac arrest after massive pulmonary embolism is still lacking, but if your institution has the resource, this systematic review shows it may be worth
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The Benefit of Adding Lidocaine to Ketamine During Rapid Sequence Endotracheal Intubation in Patients with Septic Shock

5/2/2021 Heather Farthing, MD, MPH , Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
Can a lidocaine-ketamine combination for RSI maintain hemodynamics better than full-dose ketamine in patients with septic shock?
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Outcome Related to Level of TTM in Postcardiac Arrest Syndrome of Low, Moderate, and High Severities: A Nationwide Multicenter Prospective Registry

5/2/2021 Nicholas Huth , Brian Sumner, MD , Jonathan Pickos, DO
A nationwide registry has shown targeted temperature management at a lower core temperature led to significantly better neurologic outcomes and survival at 30 days in patients with moderately severe p
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Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: Josh Mugele, MD | EM Residency Program Director at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA

4/21/2021 David Wilson
This month our Program Director Interview Series gets to know a newly accredited program in Georgia. We got to talk with Dr. Josh Mugele about his program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: The Relationship Between Heart Rate and Body Temperature in Critically Ill Patients

4/10/2021 John Conway, MD , Brian Sumner, MD
In critically ill adult patients, heart rate and body temperature go hand-in-hand: as fever takes hold, the heart beats faster. In febrile and tachycardic patients, the heart rate should be evaluated
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Opinion-Editorial , Medical Education

Defining Procedural Competency in Emergency Medicine: How Much Is Enough?

4/9/2021 Richard Cunningham, MD
How frequently should a doctor perform a procedure in order to be called "competent" in the skill? Is emergency medicine doing enough to maintain procedural competence?