Browsing: February 2015

Informatics , Career Planning

Subspecialty Training in Clinical Informatics

2/15/2015 Michael C. Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM , Michael A. Grasso, MD, PhD, FACP , Daniel L. Lemkin, MD, MS, FACEP

Subspecialty Training in Clinical Informatics Clinical informatics is a new medical subspecialty that focuses on medical data, clinical processes, and computational systems applied to the practice of

Clinical , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department

2/15/2015 EM Resident

Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department From the January 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “An Evidence-Based Approach To The Emergency Department Management of Acute Urinary Ret

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Lesions

2/15/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD

Lesions THE CASES Case 1. The Patient A 15-year-old female presents to the ED for the fourth time in three weeks because of low-grade fever, malaise, and chest pain. Over the past day she developed a

Clinical , Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Races

2/15/2015 Leah Feazel, MD , Jason Block, MD

Wilderness Medicine Races “On your mark, get set, go!” My five teammates and I charge up the snow-blanketed hill, venturing into the dense timber of the state park. Armed with our essential survival

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

2/15/2015 EM Resident

Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections From the January 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: An Evidence-Based Approach To Treatment.”

Clinical , Critical Care

Unconventional Embolisms

2/15/2015 Kevin Davey, MD

Unconventional Embolisms Case. A 26-year-old female presents to your ED with four days of fever, shortness of breath (SOB), cough, and substernal chest pain. In two previous visits over the same tim

Editor's Forum , Editorial

The Why, and the What's Next

2/14/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

The Why, and the What's Next I'm on the four-year plan. Four years of high school was followed by four years of college. This was followed by four years of medical school, and then four years of resi

Clinical , Toxicology

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment

2/14/2015 Ryan Surmaitis, DO

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment Case Scenario You are in the middle of a busy shift when you receive a pre-hospital call that EMS is 15 minutes out with an active

Health Policy , Disaster Medicine

A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs

2/14/2015 E. Page Bridges, MD

A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs This fall, the first cases of Ebola were diagnosed and treated in the United States. Although the spread of this disease fell far short of the disaster

Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know

2/14/2015 Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know The world of EMS represents a mosaic of different systems and practices that share a common goal. If the emergency department had a mo