Blog Archives
First Look: Emergency Department Operations in the Pandemic Year 2021
There is no disguising it. 2021 was perhaps the most challenging year ever for American emergency department…
Case Report: Upper Airway Obstruction in the Emergency Department
Case Report A 25-year-old female with history of shellfish allergy presented to the emergency department (ED) via…
How To Build an Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Program
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks (USGNBs) are gradually becoming an important skill set for the emergency physician and will…
Does This Patient Have Decisional Capacity?
Case A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with bizarre behavior. He was found by…
Emergency Physician Restrictive Covenants Explained
Forty years after its founding as a single-site democratic group, the physician-owned practice group of which I…
Q&A with Annals of Emergency Medicine Medical Editor Dr. Donald Yealy
Dr. Yealy became the new editor-in-chief of Annals of Emergency Medicine in 2022. Why is Annals of…
Interview with ABEM President Samuel M. Keim, MD, MS
Can you tell us about your role as ABEM president? Dr. Keim: I am really excited about…
Beware of Benzonatate (Tessalon) Misuse
Case Summary A 14-year-old female with a history of depression and prior overdose presented via EMS following…
Case Report: An Endocrine Enigma
A 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) after a witnessed seizure. On examination, the patient…