Residency Spotlight: the University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Residency
Twitter & Instagram: @MadtownEM Location: Madison, Wisconsin Year founded: 2007 Number of residents: 13 per class Program…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Crisis Emergency Department Challenges in a Long Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen crisis standards of care created and implemented in emergency departments across the…
New Mindset Helps Manage Hard Times
I recently had brunch with an emergency medicine colleague who told me she felt dread going into…
Serious C-Spine Injuries Are Becoming More Common—and Survivable
Atlanto-occipital dissociation (AOD) is often the result of high-velocity trauma injuries.1 It is believed that AOD may…
One Way You Can Help Patients Who Use Drugs
Let’s be clear: Drug addiction is a chronic disease.1 Sure, it’s a consequence of unfortunate life choices,…
The Essay as a Literary Model for the Trials of Emergency Medicine
In spring 2020, near the end of my intern year, I spoke with the mother of a…
Chest-Pain Case Reminds Us of the Importance of Clinical Decision Tools
In this month’s case, we cover a classic high-risk medicolegal topic: chest pain. There has been extensive…
The Clinical Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds in the ED
The Case The trauma radio alert advises EMS is five minutes out with a patient with gunshot…
ACEP Council Carries 2020 Virtual Meeting Innovations to 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic came into full force in early 2020, ACEP began canceling events and moving…
Breaking Down MyEMCert, ABEM’s New Certification Process
In 2021, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) launched its new certification process, MyEMCert, which established…