Ptosis and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Opening an Eye to Intracranial Hemorrhage
History of Present Illness A 67-year-old female presented to a community emergency department with headache and left-sided…
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Ptosis and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Opening an Eye to Intracranial Hemorrhage
History of Present Illness A 67-year-old female presented to a community emergency department with headache and left-sided... -
Tips for Mastering the Crucial Skill of Rapid Code Status Conversations
As emergency physicians, we are trained in the core procedures surrounding critical illness and resuscitation, such as... -
Recognizing Human Trafficking Victims as Patients in the Emergency Dept.
Sex trafficking—as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000—is the “recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining,...
Tips for Mastering the Crucial Skill of Rapid Code Status Conversations
As emergency physicians, we are trained in the core procedures surrounding critical illness and resuscitation, such as…
Recognizing Human Trafficking Victims as Patients in the Emergency Dept.
Sex trafficking—as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000—is the “recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining,…
Tips for Adjusting to the New Cures Act Rules in Emergency Departments
Five years after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for…
We Dissent!
The Oxford English Dictionary defines dissent as, “the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those…
Resident Innovations in Medicine
For this month’s “Resident Voice” column, I explore how emergency medicine residents are innovating the field…
The Building Blocks of Board Certification Awareness
Recently, I sat down with Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM),…
UTIs and Estrogen: the Overlooked Link
It is common for patients with vulvas who are older than 50 years of age to present…
Practicing Medicine in the Fast Lane
Paul Kozak, MD, FACEP, never cared about car races as a kid. Watching ABC’s Wide World of…
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…