COVID-19 , Match , Military Advising

Navigating the Military Match through COVID: A Perspective from Army Medical Students Vying for a Spot as an Emergency Medicine Resident in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

4/9/2021 2LT Ryan M. Hodgeman, MC USA , 2LT Molly Sturlis, MC USA

In a typical year, medical students commissioned in the United States Army, applying to match in emergency medicine, prepare to visit and interview at four programs spread across the country. This was

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Massive Pulmonary Embolism-Related Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Overview

4/9/2021 Nicholas Huth , Brian Sumner, MD , Jonathan Pickos, DO

This Critical Care Alert examines a study of VA-ECMO on survival and predictors of mortality in patients who suffered massive pulmonary embolism-related cardiac arrest.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: April-May 2021

4/8/2021 Hayden Schenker , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 71-year-old female with history of aortic stenosis s/p transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) 3 days ago presents to the emergency department because of a syncopal episode earlier in the morn

International EM

Building Global EM and Its Next Generation of Leaders

4/8/2021 Ashley Pickering, MD, MPH , Jerry Z. Oomen , Dania Abu-Jubara, DO , Lorena Rodriguez Perez , Alexandra Digenakis, DO , Elizabeth DeVos, MD, MPH, FACEP , Andres Patino, MD

The Global Emergency Medicine Student Leadership Program (GEMS LP), formerly known as the International Ambassador Mentorship Program (AMP), was established in 2018 as a joint effort of EMRA and the A

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Cardiology , Hematology , Toxicology

Sudden Post-Coital Hemopericardium with Cardiac Tamponade on Apixaban

4/8/2021 Hardeep Hunjan, DO , Tiffany Anaebere, MD

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have become the preferred anticoagulant medication for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. However, recent c

ENT , Trauma

Near Death by Nasal Packing: A Rare Complication Due to the Fatal Trigeminocardiac Reflex

4/8/2021 Evan Albazi, DO , Leyda Hu, DO , Nikhil Mohan, DO, FACEP

Epistaxis is a complaint that is frequently seen in the emergency department. As a physician, we took an oath to do no harm, but what if we end up doing more harm than good when managing epistaxis?

Gastroenterology

Torsion of the What? Epiploic Appendagitis as a Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain

4/8/2021 Ulyana Kachmar, DO , Jordan Miller, DO , Nicholas Jouriles, MD, FACEP

More than 7% of patients presenting to the ED with symptoms clinically consistent with sigmoid diverticulitis are found to have primary epiploic appendagitis.

Pediatric EM , Orthopedics , Ultrasound

Pediatric Gonococcal Hip Arthritis Diagnosed by Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Arthrocentesis

4/8/2021 Cameron Fisher , Brittany N. Arnold, MD , Megan Mickley, MD, FAAP, FACEP

Point-of-care ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis performed in the emergency department can expedite the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis, potentially averting the need for surgery.

Trauma

A Case of Subcutaneous Emphysema and Pneumoscrotum Disguised as Angioedema

4/8/2021 Yue Jay Lin, MD , Kristin Carmody, MD, FACEP

Subcutaneous emphysema can be disguised as angioedema - as happened in this case that presented following a traumatic rib injury.

Cardiology

Rare Presentation of Newly Diagnosed HOCM

4/8/2021 Fredrick "TJ" Lynch, MD , Brandford Adobaw, MD , Sarah E. Fabiano, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of non-traumatic sudden death in young individuals and most well-known for causing sudden cardiac death in athletes. While most known for b

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