Artificial Intelligence in the ED: Ethical Issues
Artificial intelligence (AI) may radically alter the provision of emergency medicine (EM) over the coming decades. Before…
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Readers Respond: Antifreeze Poisoning Tests, Hemoptysis Suggestions, & More
Re: ‘Toxicology Answer: An Illustrated Case of Ethylene Glycol, Direct and Indirect’ On behalf of my colleagues…
University of Tennessee Health Science—Murfreesboro/Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency
The University of Tennessee Health Science—Murfreesboro/Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency began in 2015. Our community-based three-year residency program…
Conversations on Burnout, Part Two
I’m (MK) joined by several experts, Dr. Daven Morrison (DM), Dr. Greg Couser (GC), and Dr. Andrew…
More Hospitals are Closing
The wave of increasing hospital closures and service line cutbacks continues to sweep the U.S. A recent…
Which Sedatives Are Best for Managing Severe Agitation in the Emergency Department?
Patients with severe agitation are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED) setting. The first steps in…
What Happened to Phenylephrine?
In September, a surprising publication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the efficacy of oral…
A Sobering Year for Emergency Departments and Their Patients
The Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) is a membership organization composed of high-performance emergency departments (EDs) that…
Case Report: Pancreatitis Mimics STEMI
Many conditions outside of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) mimic ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but only a handful…
Toxicology Answer: Milkweed (Asclepias)
Milkweed, genus Asclepias, (named by Linnaeus as Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) in 1753) is a plant widely distributed across…