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• The Open Door

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Lauren Lamparter – Medical Student Council President Originally published: Common SenseSeptember/October 2020 One of the reasons I am drawn to and pursuing a career in emergency medicine is its open-door policy — all are welcome, regardless of their ability to pay, the color of their skin, their legal status, or their […]
• A Medical Student/Paramedic’s Perspective on 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 […]
• Medical Student Experiences with Ethical and Legal Cases

  Image credit: Pexels Author: David Fine, Medical Student Council President Originally published: Common SenseMay/June 2020 The purpose of medical education is to train future providers to be prepared for the multitude of patients, presentations, and complications that they might face in their future careers. Ethical and legal dilemmas are incredibly complicated and vary based on […]
• 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 […]
• Own Your Worth

  Image Credit: Pexels Author: Adriana Coleska, MDAAEM/RSA Board of Directors Originally published: Common Sense March/April 2020 As emergency medicine (EM) physicians, we use humor as a way to cope with a difficult diagnosis, patient loss, or an uncomfortable consultant interaction. While those who have worked with me in the emergency department know that I thrive […]
• Letter to Our Emergency Medicine Residents and Medical Students

  Image Credit: CDC Dear Emergency Medicine Residents and Students, We have reached a critical time in modern medicine with the pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Today, I wanted to take a minute to remind you just how important you are in this fight against COVID-19. Over the coming days and weeks, your efforts will be critical […]
• How to Approach Third Year (M3) as an EM-bound Medical Student

  Image credit: Wikimedia Author: Taylor Petrusevski, MS4Loyola Stritch School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Publications & Social Media Committee You made it through the seemingly endless lectures and question blocks that consume the pre-clinical years of medical school. In third year, it’s time to bring your classroom knowledge to the bedside. It is an exciting and overwhelming transition, […]
• CPR Induced Consciousness – An Important Phenomenon to be Aware Of

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Jake Toy, DOHarbor UCLA Medical CenterOriginally published: Common Sense July/August 2019 In a recent resuscitation of an unconscious elderly woman in ventricular fibrillation, my team observed that upon initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), she began to make purposeful movements with her arms and legs. During compressions, she batted at the mechanical CPR device and […]
• SVI: The Next Step 2 CS

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Haig Aintablian, MDAAEM/RSA President Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2019 I did great on my SVI. The day of, I had just gotten a haircut and shaved my beard. My top half was covered by a nicely pressed navy blue suit jacket my mom bought me 4 years ago but that […]
• 2018-19 AAEM/RSA Medical Student Scholarship Winners Share Why They Are Choosing EM

  Author: Jordan Neichelle Powell University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry RSA is proud to share the following essay from one of the 2018-2019 Medical Student Scholarship winners, Jordan Neichelle Powell. We felt this essay best exemplified why she is choosing EM as a specialty. Congratulations, Jordan! One cold winter night during a pediatric […]

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