Should Emergency Departments Do Fewer Red Cell Transfusions, More IV Iron?
You might be surprised to learn that many of the patients who receive red cell transfusions in…
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Should Emergency Departments Do Fewer Red Cell Transfusions, More IV Iron?
You might be surprised to learn that many of the patients who receive red cell transfusions in... -
Telepsychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Services Can Reduce Mental Health Patient Boarding
Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a... -
Gun Control Issue Fosters Pro–Con Advocacy Debate in Emergency Medicine
Gun violence is an ever-growing concern in the United States, and there’s no question that emergency physicians...
Telepsychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Services Can Reduce Mental Health Patient Boarding
Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a…
Gun Control Issue Fosters Pro–Con Advocacy Debate in Emergency Medicine
Gun violence is an ever-growing concern in the United States, and there’s no question that emergency physicians…
A Marriage of Old Data and New Concepts: New Sepsis Definitions Raise Concerns about Accuracy, Usefulness in Emergency Medicine
Sepsis can be a difficult condition to diagnose thanks in part to non-specific criteria; the definitions of…
Surviving an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Associated with Patients’ Floor in High-Rise Buildings
Case: A 49-year-old man calls 911 complaining of chest pain and then collapses while on the phone….
Medical Guidelines from Non-Emergency Medicine Experts Benefit Emergency Physicians
In the two years that we’ve been doing the FOAMcast podcast, some of the most interesting topics…
A Safe Space: Violence Toward Emergency Department Providers Isn’t Just Part of the Job
In April this year, I published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Workplace…
Senior-Friendly Emergency Departments Combine Care-Model Innovation With Local Adaptation
Health care systems worldwide are grappling with a 21st-century reality for emergency medicine: While we thought EM…
Radiation Therapy Overuse Spikes in the Emergency Department
Can you remember the last time you worked a shift in the emergency department and ordered zero…
Run, Hide, Fight: How to React When There’s Gunfire in the Emergency Department
Once considered places of sanctuary from violence, hospitals are now becoming desecrated by the ravages of a…