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EMS

EMS Ride-along Etiquette

4/23/2020 Christopher D. Laube, EMT-B

Riding along with an ambulance crew is a great way to see the side of emergency medicine most ED-based physicians don't get to see. Just know your role and follow the code of the road.

Pediatric EM

Progressive Weakness in a Young Child

4/23/2020 Carolina Vega, MD , Earl Hartwig, MD

Juvenile dermatomyositis is a treatable idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that causes progressive proximal muscle weakness and characteristic dermatologic phenomena. Without treatment, there is signifi

Compassion Fatigue , Wellness

Premeditated Compassion

4/23/2020 Christopher Zalesky, MD, MSc

If your care saves the patient but leaves their mind wounded, have you fully cared for the patient? Adopting a practice of premeditated compassion would allow us to offer our patients empathy reflexiv

Administration & Operations

The Dual Degree Debate - What to Consider Before Getting an MBA as a Physician

4/23/2020 Mariya Cherneykina, MD, MBA

The business of health care is changing. Does that mean you need a business degree?

Geriatrics , Palliative Care

The Old, Cold Trauma Patient: At Risk of Anchoring Bias

4/23/2020 Nathan Jasperse, BS, BA , Alaina Brinley Rajagopal, MD, PhD, CTropMed , Jennifer Roh, MD

When patient wishes are unknown, strongly consider the risks and benefits of aggressive resuscitation in geriatric patients, as aggressive resuscitation has been shown to lead to worse outcomes in the

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Cardiology

Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia Following Modified Valsalva Maneuver for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia

4/23/2020 Alexander J. Davies, MD , Lisa Gehm, MD, FACEP

The magic of the modified Valsalva maneuver in cardioverting certain dysrhythmias is not without its own risks.

Cardiology

25-Year-Old STEMI: What a Paradox

4/23/2020 Tung-Lin Jesse Yuan, DO , Brian Monaco, MD

Paradoxical coronary emboli are rare phenomena that nevertheless should remain on your differential when patients with low risk factors for coronary artery disease develop atraumatic chest pain.

Trauma

Pressure! Pushing Down on Me, Pushing Down on You: The Underlying Danger of Pressure Washer Injuries

4/23/2020 Morgan Ritz, MD , Ana Davitt, MD

Although high-pressure injection injuries may only leave small superficial wounds, they can create widespread multilayer soft tissue injuries, deep-space infections, and lead to compartment syndrome.

OB/GYN

Rethinking Emergency Contraception

4/22/2020 Brigit Noon, MD , William W. Dixon, MD

Emergency contraception is a key intervention when treating sexual assault survivors. Two options are currently underutilized in the ED: ulipristal acetate and copper intrauterine device.

Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Eric Steinberg, DO | Program Director at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency, Patterson, NJ

4/22/2020

In this installment of the Program Director Interview Series we caught up with Eric Steinberg, DO, to learn about the St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Ste