Patients’ Best Friends: Therapy Dogs in the Emergency Department
Since time immemorial—or at least the 1956 publication of “Old Yeller”—stories about remarkable dogs who save humans…
Posts by Jed Henson
Is Your Medical Chart Feeling Bloated?
That well-known but medically complex patient is back in your emergency department (ED). He was seen by…
How To Prepare for In-Flight Emergencies
You are 40,000 feet in the air, flying across the Atlantic Ocean when the intercom crackles to…
Telehealth Pros and Pitfalls
The Case for Expanding Emergency Telehealth Services by Aditi U. Joshi, MD, MSC, FACEP Telehealth and tel-emergency…
The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department
In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the…
Case Report: Fitz-Hugh Curtis Syndrome in a Male with HIV
Portions of this study have been presented as a poster abstract at the Case Western Reserve University…
Residency Spotlight: Emergency Medicine Residency at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else? Our residents are proud to be…
Is It Time to Sunset Rectal Examinations in the Trauma Bay?
Case A 38-year-old man presents after a 15-foot fall from a ladder. He notes right chest pain…
A New Snakebite Center Provides Care Patients Desperately Need
Emergency physician William Rushton, MD, used to lie awake at night, worrying about his snakebite patients. People…
What’s Your Risk of Getting COVID-19 by Providing Emergency Care?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency physicians and nurses became critically needed to address the ensuing patient…