ED Pet Peeves
Everyone has pet peeves. You know, silly things that drive you absolutely crazy. One of mine is…
Practice Trends
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Twas the Night Before Christmas…
Twas the night before Christmas, the ED was quiet, Not a creature was stirring, there wasn’t a... -
ED Pet Peeves
Everyone has pet peeves. You know, silly things that drive you absolutely crazy. One of mine is... -
Road Map for a Makeshift Tap
When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we...
Road Map for a Makeshift Tap
When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we…
Emergency Department: Sanity Saved
I love RBTs. They are awesome. What are RBTs, you ask? OK, OK. Explanation forthcoming. It’s tough…
The Sixth Vital Sign
Pain control is very important. Over the past decade or so, you’d have to have been in…
I Called In Sick for a Shift
About 2 weeks ago a gentleman from Sydney visited Denver. He had left Sydney over a week…
Pediatric EM Certifying Exams to Be Given in April 2013
The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) will administer the…
New Free Benefit: Emergency Care Research – A Primer
Emergency medicine clinicians engaged in research are not often aware of many fundamental principles in conducting and…
The POLST Paradigm: Pretty in Pink
Case: A 55-year-old woman with metastatic ovarian cancer is brought into your emergency department from home, unaccompanied,…
Take Time to Save Time
After starting residency about a year ago, I realized that the free time I once took for…
Twas the Night Before Christmas…
Twas the night before Christmas, the ED was quiet, Not a creature was stirring, there wasn’t a…