ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Needle to Necrosis
Which of the following agents, when injected along with heroin, is associated with the skin changes pictured? Cocaine Fentanyl Methamphetamine Xylazine Photo by Dr. Matthew Salzman [+]
Christiana Agbonghae, MD
Carolinas [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Utility of Bedside Ultrasonography
A 24-year-old G1P0010 female with a PMHx of ovarian cyst (unknown laterality) and emergency contraceptive use 3 months prior presented with sudden onset abdominal pain (upper > lower) [+]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Poison Dart Frog
The toxin from the golden poison dart frog most resembles which of the following in its mechanism of action? Botulinum toxin Bufotoxin Grayanotoxin Palytoxin Tetrodotoxin Photo adapted from [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Pediatric Genitourinary Bleeding
A 4-year-old female with no significant past medical history is brought to the Emergency Department by her grandmother for concern for two days of progressive vaginal bleeding. The [+]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Needle to Necrosis
Which of the following agents, when injected along with heroin, is associated with the skin changes pictured? Cocaine Fentanyl Methamphetamine Xylazine Photo by Dr. Matthew Salzman [+]
Christiana Agbonghae, MD
Carolinas [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Utility of Bedside Ultrasonography
A 24-year-old G1P0010 female with a PMHx of ovarian cyst (unknown laterality) and emergency contraceptive use 3 months prior presented with sudden onset abdominal pain (upper > lower) [+]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Poison Dart Frog
The toxin from the golden poison dart frog most resembles which of the following in its mechanism of action? Botulinum toxin Bufotoxin Grayanotoxin Palytoxin Tetrodotoxin Photo adapted from [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Pediatric Genitourinary Bleeding
A 4-year-old female with no significant past medical history is brought to the Emergency Department by her grandmother for concern for two days of progressive vaginal bleeding. The [+]
Coaching for Faculty: The Secret to Unlocking Professional Success
Dr. Garcia is a freshly minted faculty member at Big Name University Medical Center. She's excited to have finally finished residency and dive into her career as a full time (and fully paid) attending. After spending her first year acclimating to the new department and achieving board certification, Dr. Garcia finds herself at a bit of a crossroad. She likes teaching, but are not sure residency or medical student education leadership is for her. [+]
IDEA Series: Specialised Lectures in Emergency Medicine (SLEM) – A virtual conference to strengthen EM education in the developing world
The Problem: Emergency Medicine (EM) in Pakistan has moved from developing to developed stage in the last decade [1]. As the specialty evolves in Pakistan and other countries, there is a need [+]
EM Match Advice 41: The 2024 ERAS Application – New and Improved
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this episode with Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM/UCSF) featuring all-star guests Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui (EM associate program director at Cooper University Hospital) and Dr. [+]
Mismatch: Why were there so many unfilled emergency medicine residency positions in 2023?
The Study In an Annals of Emergency Medicine paper, Preiksaitis et al. sought to identify program factors associated with unfilled post-graduate year 1 (PGY-1) emergency medicine (EM) positions in the 2023 Match [+]
Coaching for Faculty: The Secret to Unlocking Professional Success
Dr. Garcia is a freshly minted faculty member at Big Name University Medical Center. She's excited to have finally finished residency and dive into her career as a full time (and fully paid) attending. After spending her first year acclimating to the new department and achieving board certification, Dr. Garcia finds herself at a bit of a crossroad. She likes teaching, but are not sure residency or medical student education leadership is for her. [+]
The Fall of FOAM
The landscape of emergency medicine and critical care (EM/CC) blogs and podcasts has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. The number of free, open-access EM/CC blogs and podcasts has plummeted. As [+]
Need your help: A master list of free EM and Critical Care blog and podcast sites
Calling all who read or listen to emergency medicine/critical care (EM/CC) blogs or podcasts. In 2014, we helped to publish the master inventory of free open-access medical education (FOAMed) resources spanning the period [+]
The 1440 Doctor: Achieving Precision Focus – 3 Ways to Strengthen Your Attention Muscle
If you're like most people, your mind wanders. You may be sitting down to finish your charts, make that presentation (or write that blog) and your mind is off thinking about what you're [+]
