SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Expanding Painful Neck Mass
The patient is a 20-year-old male who presents to the Emergency Department complaining of painful and rapidly worsening swelling in the anterior neck over the last three days. The patient reports that he had a similar episode in the past for which he was prescribed antibiotics and underwent a needle aspiration procedure at the base of his mouth, which led to resolution of [+]
EM Match Advice 46 | Program Directors Share Match Season Insights
As interview season wraps up, medical students across the country are preparing their rank lists for the upcoming Match. EM Match Advice podcast host, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM Program Director) recently [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Bilateral Periorbital Edema
A 20-year-old previously healthy student-athlete female presented with a 2-week history of bilateral periorbital swelling unresponsive to steroids and anti-histamines prescribed by her PCP. The edema had been [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Painful Weeping Scalp
An otherwise healthy 11-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with one week of scalp pain and discharge. Her symptoms began as a dry and itchy rash [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: No, I Am Not Diabetic!
The patient is a 72-year-old male with a history of CAD, hypertension, and BPH who presents to the Emergency Department for sinus congestion and right-sided facial pain. The patient reports progressively worsening darkening crusting around his nose for 3 weeks. He has also had a right-sided temporal and retrobulbar headache, blurry vision in right eye, diminished sense [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Rectal Bulge
A 13-month-old, full-term male presented due to intermittent emesis over a 3-week period. He and his parents had COVID one week prior to presentation. He had multiple episodes [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rash with Cranial Nerve Deficits
A 48-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with a left-sided facial rash and associated burning left eye pain that started four [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Clot in Transit
A 67-year-old male with a past medical history of CHF, MI, hypertension, and diabetes presented to the ED with complaints of headache, chest pain, and dyspnea for the [+]
IDEA Series: LUDO game to teach residents about urogenital diseases
The Problem: Urogenital diseases are commonly encountered in the emergency department [1]. Both the WHO and CDC recommend early identification and timely management of such diseases, to prevent morbidity and mortality [2, 3]. Additionally, the sensitive nature of this topic as well as cultural factors can limit the exposure and bedside teaching by emergency physicians (EPs). Novel learning methods are needed to prepare EPs to manage urogenital diseases effectively and efficiently. The Innovation The [+]
IDEA Series: Handheld Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine Residents Rotating on Cardiology Services
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) has become an essential skill that emergency medicine (EM) residents learn during their training [1]. Accordingly, most EM programs schedule a block early in residency dedicated to obtaining and interpreting [+]
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Edema Got Your Tongue?
A 57-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a swollen mouth for three hours. He reported never having experienced this before and denied starting any new medications. [+]
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Sun-burnt Hands and Lips
A 44-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of hepatitis C presents with a complaint of pain, swelling, and skin blistering of his hands. He also notes [+]
How I Work Smarter: Luz Silverio, MD
One word that best describes how you work? Fitfully and obsessively Current mobile device Two: an iPhone 8 supplied by my job for clinical work, and an iPhone 10 for home. Computer A very old MacBook Air that constantly pings me, requesting "more space." I keep putting it in larger rooms, but... What is something you are working on now? I've been working on a series of 5-10 minute talks to be given prior to [+]
3rd Annual Emergency Medicine Wellness Week | March 11-17, 2018
In 2016, Emergency Medicine led the national charge to promote physical, mental, and emotional health of physicians. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) promoted the first EM Wellness Week, with the goal [+]
I am Dr. Elise Lovell, EM Program Director: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Elise Lovell is an EP and the EM Residency Program Director at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago. She maintains her wellness by staying active, spending time with her supports, and loving [+]
I am Dr. David Wald, Assistant Dean of Clinical Simulation: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. David Wald is an EP and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. When he’s not in the Department, you can find him out on the water, getting in another paddle. His [+]
