FACEPs in the Crowd: Dr. Rendon
J. Mark Rendon, MD, FACEP, attending physician, assistant clerkship director, and assistant professor of emergency medicine at…
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Is There an Increased Incidence of COVID-Related Myocarditis in Kids?
Is there an increased incidence of COVID-related myocarditis in children? Viruses are the most common cause of…
Know When the Paranasal Sinuses Typically Develop in Kids
In children, what is the typical paranasal sinus development progression? According to a 2013 American Academy of…
Frequent ED Users Often Need Extra Help Accessing Health Resources
Recently, one of our frequent emergency department users, an older woman with alabaster skin who I had…
Frequent Emergency Department User Stats and Resources
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
How To Access Your Retirement Money When Retiring Early
Q. I am tired of practicing. I want to retire early. I have done a good job…
COVID-19 Safety Measures Seem To Have Greatly Reduced Flu Cases
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Jan. 21, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Emergen-Sea Medicine: Overview of Marine Envenomations
Part 1 of 2. Read part 2 here. Surf and turf, anyone? And when I say “surf,”…
Cancer Patients Often Excluded in U.S. State Crisis-standards-of-care Guidelines
U.S. state crisis-standards-of-care (CSC) guidelines, which allocate scarce health resources among patients, often deprioritize or exclude cancer…
Early Tracheostomy May Be Beneficial in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients
Early percutaneous tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients is associated with improved outcomes compared to management with…