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• How to Be a Great Senior Resident

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Alexandria Gregory, MD – AAEM/RSA Editor, Common Sense Originally published: Common SenseJanuary/February 2021 Four months after the beginning of second year, I still feel weird being called a “senior resident.” It feels like just yesterday I was the intern, lowest on the totem pole, learning to navigate the flow of patient care […]
• Resident Journal Review: End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

  Authors: Christianna Sim, MD MPH; Taylor Conrad, MD MS; Taylor M. Douglas, MD; Wesley Chan, MD Editors: Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEM and Kami Hu, MD FAAEM Originally published: Common SenseNovember/December 2020 Question: How can end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring guide our management of cardiac arrest? In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) revised the Advanced […]
• Virtual Insanity: Adapting Curriculum to the Virtual Environment

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Ryan Gibney, MD AEM/RSA EditorOriginally published: Common SenseNovember/December 2020 The sun peaks over the bay, as the crispness evaporates from the morning air to greet, what — in any other normal time — would be the start of a new school year. The traditional morning routine of packing lunch, gathering supplies, […]
• Human Trafficking: A Review for Health Care Providers

  Image credit: Pexels Authors: Nicole E. McAmis; Angela C. Mirabella; Elizabeth M. McCarthy; Cara A. Cama, MBA; and Frank H. Netter, MD Originally published: Common SenseSeptember/October 2020 Background The U.S. Department of State defines human trafficking in The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as: Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by […]
• Resident Journal Review: Available Evidence Regarding Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)

  Authors: Rithvik Balakrishnan MD; Taylor M. Douglas, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD, MS; Theodore Segarra, MD; Christianna Sim, MD, MPHEditors: Kelly Maurelus MD FAAEM, Kami Hu MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common SenseJuly/August 2020 IntroductionThe ability to obtain good neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest is often limited. Interventions during the acute phase of treatment post return of spontaneous […]
• New Florida Law Requiring Written Consent for Pelvic Exams: Stumbling Towards Trauma-Informed Care

  Image credit: Flickr Authors:Emily Lara S. Dawra, BS, MSII University of Miami Miller School of Medicine MD ProgramAAEM/RSA Member Kasha Bornstein, MSc Pharm, EMT-P, MSIVUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine MD/MPH ProgramAAEM/RSA Modern Resident Blog Copy Editor IntroductionOn June 18, 2020, Florida Governor Rick DeSantis approved Florida Senate Bill 698, which strictly prohibited and […]
• Should ST elevation in lead aVR with concern for acute coronary syndrome prompt emergent coronary angiography?

  Authors: Akilesh Honasoge, MD, Robert Brown, MD, Samantha Yarmis, MD, Mark Sutherland, MD, Megan Donohue, MD, Hannah Goldberg, MD Editors: Kami M. Hu, MD FAAEM, Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEM Originally published: Common Sense May/June 2020 Introduction:Emergent management of traditional ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has been well defined over the past few decades, including fibrinolytic […]
• Cancer in the ED

  This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Author: Nicholas Pettit, DO, PhDIndiana University Next up on the board, a 55-year-old male with a temperature of 102.3, heart rate of 119, and blood pressure of 89/50. Sick versus not sick? Clearly sick. After that, 45-year-old male, with a temperature of 100.1, heart rate of […]
• AAEM/RSA Medical Student Scholarship Winners Share Why They Are Choosing EM

  Author: Hannah Wolsiefer-Leak, MSIVIndiana University RSA is proud to share the following essay from one of the 2016-2017 Medical Student Scholarship winners, Hannah Wolsiefer-Leak. We felt this essay best exemplified why she is choosing EM as a specialty. Congratulations, Hannah! It was day six and we had hardly seen another human. We were surrounded by a […]
• AAEM/RSA Medical Student Scholarship Winners Share Why They Are Choosing EM

  Author: Yasmeen Elmelige, MSIVMorehouse School of Medicine RSA is proud to share the following essay from one of the 2016-2017 Medical Student Scholarship winners, Yasmeen Elmelige. We felt this essay best exemplified why she is choosing EM as a specialty. Congratulations, Yasmeen!  Lights flashed and sirens blared as we sped through downtown Atlanta, Georgia. We […]

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