COVID-19

Image credit: Pexels Author: Matthew Carvey Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2020 Medic-1 is responding to an assault in a rural location. Dispatch notifies EMS that the patient has a fever and was put on mandatory self-isolation for 14 days. On arrival, EMS dons a sterile cap, goggles, an N95 mask, face shield, gown, and […]

This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Image Credit: Needpix Author: David Fine, MD AAEM/RSA Board Members, Liaison to the AAEM/RSA Education Committee, and AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council Medical school is undoubtedly a stressful time, but studying medicine in the context of a pandemic is a challenge that brings about additional stressors, anxiety, […]

Image credit: Flickr This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Jaclyn H. Jansen, MD MSEmergency Medicine Resident Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine  Indianapolis, Indiana ABSTRACT BACKGROUND:  While patients with COVID-19 infection most frequently present with fever, dry cough, and dyspnea, other symptoms have been associated with viral infection. This […]

Image Credit: Pexels Author: Andy Mayer, MD FAAEMEditor-in-Chief Common SenseOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2020 Certainly, there is only one issue which is dominating all thoughts, prayers, and efforts on our planet right now and it is COVID-19. Hopefully where you are, your life and practice will only be incredibly inconvenienced and that your family, your […]