ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Breathtaking Emergencies
What toxic gas is created by mixing these two household products? Chloramine gas Chlorine gas Chloroform Peracetic acid [Author’s own image] [+]
Teresa Crow, MD
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Modern Pirate
The patient is a 72-year-old male with multiple medical problems who presents to the Emergency Department complaining of dyspnea on exertion. [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Mucous Membrane Mystery
The patient is a healthy 14-year-old male without past medical history who presents to the Emergency Department with [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Unusual Appearing Umbilicus
The patient is a 70-year-old female with a remote history of breast [+]
Who Gets Mistriaged? Disparities in Pediatric Behavioral Health ED Triage | A PECARN multicenter analysis
A 14-year-old Hispanic girl presents to the Emergency Department with her mother for suicidal ideation after a conflict at home. The girl is quiet and cooperative. Her mother, who speaks primarily Spanish, is trying to explain the situation. The nurse assigns an ESI level 2, the same score given to nearly every child who walks through the door with a behavioral health complaint. But does that score accurately capture this patient's needs? A new [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Unusual Appearing Umbilicus
The patient is a 70-year-old female with a remote history of breast [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Bilateral Leg Swelling with a Uterine Twist
The patient is a 40-year-old female who presents to the Emergency Department with bilateral leg swelling. Her symptoms started six days prior and have [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Curious Case of Abdominal Pain
The patient is a 22-year-old G0P0 female who presents to the Emergency Department with two days of left lower quadrant [+]
When Research Meets Social Media Expertise: Lessons from the PECARN-ALiEM Partnership
From Pipe Dream to Proven Strategy: How a 4-year partnership between PECARN and ALiEM created a replicable framework for evidence-based research dissemination Sometimes the best collaborations begin with simple questions. Following Dr. Nathan Kuppermann's grand rounds presentation in 2018, I had the opportunity to discuss an idea with him as PECARN's Steering Committee Chair: might there be untapped potential in using social media platforms like Twitter to amplify PECARN's research impact? Five years later, [+]
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 [+]
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 of 2002-2013 [1]. In that publication, we demonstrated an exponential rise of both blogs and podcasts with 141 blogs and 42 podcasts (total 183 sites). In 2019, the Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) team identified 251 active sites. But where are [+]
How I Work Smarter: Katie Holmes, DO FACEP
One word that best describes how you work? Hustle Current mobile device iPhone 12 Pro Computer Macbook Air What is something you are working on now? Updated Curriculum for our EM Clerkship, [+]
How I Work Smarter: Gus M. Garmel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
One word that best describes how you work? Compassionately Current mobile device iPhone Computer MacMini What is something you are working on now? Multiple projects, presently Microaggressions & Civility in the Workplace, [+]
How I Work Smarter: Christopher Lloyd, DO
One word that best describes how you work? Opportunistically Current mobile device iPhone 12 Pro Computer iPhone Xr What is something you are working on now? Qualitative analysis on resident perceptions of feedback [+]
