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• Chronic Pain and Addiction Patients Need Us Now More Than Ever

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Shane A. Sobrio, MDOriginally published: Common SenseMarch/April 2021 Flashback to 2019. Hong Kong protests were raging on, the U.S. Women’s National Team won the world cup, Donald Trump was being impeached, and the health care battle continued to revolve around the opioid epidemic. It wasn’t necessarily easy, but it was familiar. […]
• EM Away Rotations in a Pandemic

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Lauren Lamparter – President, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council Originally published: Common SenseMarch/April 2021 For the third-year medical student, the emergency medicine residency application process starts with applying to away rotations. This year, uncertainty remains around the possibility of aways, but hopefully, as COVID-19 vaccines are distributed more widely, travel and away […]
• 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 […]
• From Chaos to Clarity: Leadership in the Resuscitation Bay

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Mary Haas, MDOriginally published: Common SenseNovember/December 2016 You are managing a busy emergency department, when you hear via the overhead paging system that a new patient has arrived in your resuscitation bay. You scurry from the farthest corner of your department, where you were evaluating a patient with multiple chronic medical […]
• 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 […]
• Resident Journal Review: Do Adjunctive Therapies Beyond Infection Control and Appropriate Fluid Resuscitation Change Outcomes in Sepsis and Septic Shock?

  Authors: Jordan Parker MD; Sharleen Yuan, MA MD PhD; Megan Donohue, MD; Robert Brown, MD; Mark Sutherland, MD; Hannah Goldberg, MD; Akilesh Honasoge, MDEditors: Kami M. Hu, MD FAAEM, Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common SenseSeptember/October 2020 IntroductionSeptic shock is an illness with complex pathophysiology and few available therapies, beyond infection control and appropriate fluid […]
• The Changing Landscape of Pre-clinical Medical Education

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Alexandria Gregory, MDAAEM/RSA Editor Originally published: Common SenseMay/June 2020 In mid-February, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced that the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scoring would be changed to pass/fail as early as 2022.1 Many rejoiced about the potential […]
• Resident Journal Review: Assessing Fluid Responsiveness in the Emergency Department Part II

  Authors: Taylor Conrad, MD MS, Taylor M. Douglas MD, Ted Segarra, MD, Rithvik Balakrishnan MD, Christianna Sim, MD MPH Editor: Kelly Maurelus MD FAAEM, Kami Hu MD FAAEM Originally published: Common Sense March/April 2020 Clinical QuestionWhat methods are most effective at determining if a patient will be fluid responsive? The most recent Common Sense Resident […]
• 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 […]

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