Emergency Physicians Offer Different Views on Lumbar Puncture Before CT Scan
I was reading today (3/25/14) “Myths in Emergency Medicine: Part 2” in ACEP Now. I wanted to…
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Emergency Physicians Offer Different Views on Lumbar Puncture Before CT Scan
I was reading today (3/25/14) “Myths in Emergency Medicine: Part 2” in ACEP Now. I wanted to... -
NBC TV News Team, New Yorker Reporter Win Awards of Excellence for 2014
Barbara Morse Silva (left) and Paul Tierney of NBC10 Rhode Island are winners of this year’s Award... -
How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in the Emergency Department
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation...
NBC TV News Team, New Yorker Reporter Win Awards of Excellence for 2014
Barbara Morse Silva (left) and Paul Tierney of NBC10 Rhode Island are winners of this year’s Award…
How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in the Emergency Department
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation…
Avoid Potential Pitfalls of Living Wills, DNR, and POLST with Checklists, Standardization
For clarification, the living will’s presence does not mean it should be followed. It simply indicates that…
How To Prevent Peri-intubation Deaths with Careful Medication Choice
You are considering your next steps in management when you hear the BP cuff cycle…64/34…repeat…61/30…Heart rate now…
Tweets from Emergency Medicine-related Conferences Relay Latest Research About Social Media and Critical Care, Resuscitation Procedures, Ultrasounds, and Toxicology
One of the best reasons to be an emergency medicine provider on Twitter is to easily keep…
How to Make the Incision, Insert the Tube in Cricothyrotomy
Tips on sternal stabilization, making vertical and horizontal incisions, palpitating the cricothyroid membrane from an emergency physician…
Twitter Newcomers, Toxicology Tips, Game-Changing Research, and ARDS Advice
Catch up on some of emergency medicine’s best tweets and learn to pack a punch into 140…
An Intubation Checklist for Emergency Department Physicians
The EMCrit call/response checklist offers tips to prepare patients and ED teams, gather equipment needed to perform…
How to Recognize, Treat Victims of Sex Trafficking
Emergency medicine providers must have keen interviewing skills, an ability to convey openness and kindness to the…