Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Case A 74-year-old man presents with vomiting of blood for two days. He has a history of…
Posts by Jed Henson
How Long Should an Emergency Medicine Residency Be?
U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four versus three years. Two…
A Job Search Survey of 2023 Residency Graduates
The emergency medicine workforce is an important issue with ramifications for physicians relocating or retiring, medical students…
A Safety Solution for Emergency Department Staff and Patients
Physicians, nurses, and staff in emergency departments (EDs) across the country have encountered workplace violence for years….
What Is the Best Defibrillation Strategy for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?
A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. He was found by bystanders…
Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients
Background As Electronic Health Information (EHI) has increased in prominence, the U.S. federal government has set the…
The Great Surge in Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies
A 15-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) after he jumped from the second floor…
Looking At the First 10 Years of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine
Like many other countries around the world, emergency medicine has proven to be one of the fastest-growing…
EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients
A disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the…
Laryngeal Injuries: An Introduction
A 37-year-old female was walking home from grocery shopping when she had an encounter with a stray…