emergency medicine

• EM/IM Combined Residency: What up with that?

  Image credit: secildegirmenciler This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more.  Authors: Kyla Rakoczy MS-3, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Kasha Bornstein, MD, MPH PGY-1, LSU New Orleans Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine Choosing a specialty is one of the most daunting tasks of medical school. Pursuing an emergency medicine residency affords a fast-paced, often […]
• The Role of Ridesharing in Emergency Medicine

  Image credit: Pexels Authors: Jennifer Rosenbaum, MD; Nicole V. Lucas, MD; and Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD CMQ FAAE Originally published: Common SenseJanuary/February 2021 The advent and broad availability of ridesharing services, such as Lyft and Uber, are changing the way patients access medical services, and emergency departments (EDs) are taking notice. Health care providers are […]
• Who Will Be Their Advocate? A Commentary on Facing Illness Alone.

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Jennifer Gemmill, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common SenseJanuary/February 2021 I am a terrible patient. I will refuse medicines prescribed to me. I will pick up my heavy 2-year-old just hours after delivering my newborn while the L&D nurses give me the evil eye. I will remove my own loop recorder in my […]
• Optimizing Medical Surge Capacity

  Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Authors: Mary Unanyan, OMS-I Gregory Jasani, MD; AAEM/RSA Secretary Treasurer The coronavirus pandemic has caused many to wonder whether our nation’s healthcare system can properly treat all of the projected critically ill patients. Experts worry that the sudden increase in sick […]
• Meditation in Medicine

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Puja Gopal, MDUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Recently when watching the evening news, I came across an interesting segment focusing on how teaching meditation in middle and high schools in San Francisco has led to many positive measurable changes. School officials […]
• Nine Steps to The Best Medical Notebook You’ll Ever Use

  Image Credit: Pexels This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Philip A Castrovinci MDUndersea Medical OfficerUS Navy While a medical student, I remember a fourth-year emergency medicine resident with a notebook of his own creation. We did not see a single patient over a dozen shifts that he didn’t pull out the notebook […]
• Becoming a Night Shift Jedi: Do or Do Not, There is No Try.

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Patrick Wallace, DOAAEM/RSA Education Committee  Originally published: Common SenseSeptember/October 2019 Emergency medicine (EM) physicians will inevitably work night shifts during their career. With transitions of days and nights occurring as frequently as once a week, it is imperative to maximize the quality of sleep and recovery time. Abundant research has been done […]
• An Argument for the Enforcement of Electronic Health Record Cross-Communication

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Haig Aintablian, MDAAEM/RSA PresidentOriginally published: Common Sense September/October 2019 A 77-year-old patient comes into the ED for a complaint of shortness of breath x 6 months. This is the first time the patient has come to this hospital and there are no medical records in the EHR. The patient doesn’t remember what problems they […]
• The Last Lecture to the Newly Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents

  Author: James Keaney, MD MPH MAAEM FAAEMFirst President of AAEMOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2019 The Current Climate of EM – How Did We Get Here?There are several recurrent phrases making their way into the vernacular of emergency medicine including transmutation, Joe the Plummer, the Leviathan Levy, and tumbleweed doctors. The transmutation of clinically generated […]
• Five Pearls for Using Interpreters Ethically

  Image Source: Defense Visual Information Distribution Services This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Sara Urquhart, RN MA Medical Student Michigan State University College of Human Medicine AAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee Imagine an unconscious 15-year-old male arrives at a downtown Miami trauma center. Paramedics say that before passing out, he told […]

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