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Prehospital Care

Emerging Prehospital Protocols

10/17/2018 Noah Bernhardson, MD, MS, NRP , Cameron B. Justice , Jared L. Ross, DO, FF/EMT-T

Evolving EMS protocols impact the care patients receive before they present to the ED, so emergency physicians should stay up-to-date on these changes in order to offer high-quality integrated care.

Practice Environments , Locum Tenens , Workplace

Locums Life: So Many Choices

10/17/2018 Paul Weinberg, MD

The practice of emergency medicine is awesome: It is broad, it is intense, knowledge-based, and packed with emotion - and all of that eventually can be exhausting. But being able to pack up leave (a l

Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose This Condition

10/17/2018 Matin Shah, MD

A 3-month-old female born at 37 weeks via vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery presented as a referral to the emergency department from an outpatient imaging center after obtaining a computed tomography (

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: October 2018

10/17/2018 Gregory Taylor, DO , Robert W. Mathews, DO, FACOEP , Scott Sikorski, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 44-year-old male presents to the ED with intermittent chest pain for 2 weeks, worse with exertion, and resolves with rest. He is currently symptom free. What is your interpretation of his EKG?

Clinical , Medical Students

Unraveling the Mystery of Dizziness in the ED: A Guide for the Student Clerkship

10/17/2018 Kevin Wilcox, DO , Krystle Shafer, MD

Dizziness is the third most common complaint reported in the ED. Asking the right questions and teasing out the details of this vague complaint can lead to proper management and reduced negative outco

International EM

Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Ascariasis Infection

10/17/2018 Jett MacPherson, MSII , Saundra Jackson, MD, RDMS, FACEP , Wesley Wallace, MD, FACEP

The etiologies of small bowel obstructions may vary between underdeveloped and developed nations, but the presenting signs and symptoms of an acute bowel obstruction are similar. When it occurs in a r

Administration & Operations

Implicit Bias and ED Overcrowding: Is There a Connection?

10/16/2018 Carly Loner, MD , Jason Rotoli, MD

Overcrowding in the emergency department can be a significant barrier to delivering efficient and high-quality care, but the impact on delivering equitable health care is less commonly discussed. Imp

Toxicology

Bleach Ingestion: To Scope or Not to Scope?

10/16/2018 Darren Cuthbert, MD, MPH , Guillermo Ortega, MD , Ann-Jeannette Geib, MD, FACEP , Eric Levy, DO

Bleach can be found in most homes and workplaces across America. This broad, easy availability makes it a candidate for potentially toxic ingestions. When should you assess for structural damage?

Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal , Medical Liability , Administration & Operations

Risk Management: Falls in the Emergency Department

10/16/2018 Ashley Guthrie, DO , Steven Hochman, MD, FACEP

Crowded, busy emergency departments seem susceptible to an increased risk of slip-and-fall accidents that keep administrators awake at night. But does the evidence bear out this assumption?

Pediatric EM , Ophthalmology

When You Hear Hooves, Consider a Zebra

10/16/2018 Yagnaram Ravichandran, MBBS, MD, FAAP , Rajan Arora, MD

Ocular swelling in children is a common complaint. But that doesn't mean the etiology is always common - or benign.