The Most Trusted News Source in Emergency Medicine An award-winning news magazine for the nation's 37,000 emergency physicians published by Wolters Kluwer, Emergency Medicine News provides breaking coverage of advances, trends, and issues within the field, as well as clinical commentary by Editorial Board Chairman James R. Roberts, MD, a leader in the field, Edwin Leap, MD, Leon Gussow, MD, Jennifer Wiler, MD, Ravi Morchi, MD, Darren Braude, MD, and Graham Walker, MD, among many others. The newspaper features comprehensive special reports, illuminating profiles, and dynamic editorials. Physicians who are registered with the AMA/AOA as having a primary specialty related to emergency medicine are eligible for a free subscription. To order EMN or for other Subscription Services, please visit www.myEMNsub.com. You may also call (800)430-5450 or send an email to [email protected]. You will need your account number, located above your name on your mailing label.
COVID-19 and our management of it is causing unexpected covidlateral damage—from increased health risks, to the rise in domestic violence, to moral injury among EPs as they watch patients die alone, says Drs. Seth Hawkins, Sarah Frances McClure, and Wooten Jones.
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Today's enews: People have shown courage, compassion, common sense, and decency during the COVID-19 pandemic in so many ways, from essential workers to health care providers. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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EPs do what they do exactly for people whose strength, kindness, and encouraging words get them through tough resuscitations, like the COVID-19 patient in this story told by Dr. Halleh Akbarnia.
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Today's enews: We flattened the COVID-19 curve with a widespread mitigation strategy, and now we must play local viral whack-a-mole as a containment strategy in low-prevalence areas. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Today's enews: Patients count on EPs not to believe them and even not listen to them sometimes because they want them to figure out what they have (and don’t have). Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Today's enews: “I was worried that I might be infected by the coronavirus, but all my experience and training had not prepared me for what was going to happen to patients and myself.” Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Getting thanked feels good, but working in the ED is not about kudos—EPs’ best work is done on people who wake up in the ICU and never even know they exist, says Dr. Stacy Harmon.
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The solution in every one of the viral epidemics and pandemics before COVID-19 was not a medication, and history suggests that may also be the case for our current crisis, says Dr. Mark Mosley.
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A partnership between EPs and hospitalists has the potential to lighten the burden on EPs and enhance care for patients during patient surges like the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The social responsibility message is as important as the personal risk message in the COVID-19 pandemic—we have to protect the elderly, those with chronic illness and at high risk, and patients who need a fully staffed ED, says Dr. Mark Mosley.
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Experts break down what’s working and what’s not for sepsis, including the latest screening tool used to identify the condition, the proper amount and type of fluids, the right choice of pressors, and of course, the hotly debated vitamin C therapy. #FOAMed
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Dr. Loice Swisher says describing a fracture in an orthopedist's language can create confidence in your knowledge and help you make the correct diagnosis, like in the case of this patient who injured his ankle. Learn more at http://bit.ly/EMN-Lions-and-Tigers-and-Bears! #FOAMed
Today's enews: Hypoxia in a patient with COVID-19 can deteriorate quickly, and should be monitored closely, watching for other symptoms such as tachycardia. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Today's enews: Managing the COVID-19 patient surge required this hospital in NYC to be creative in expanding their capacity, preserving PPE, using telemedicine, and more. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Today's enews: Cardinal Massaia Hospital in Asti, Italy, prepared extensively for of COVID-19, including protocols for triage, care, and PPE—a stark contrast to the U.S. response. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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Case cluster reports in the literature and media hold some answers about how COVID-19 is spread for EPs, including the coronavirus’s surface stability, fecal shedding, and mask efficacy, says Dr. Kelly Young. #FOAMed
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Today's enews: Incorporating the Five ED Pause Points into patient care can help EPs check themselves at critical stages of an evaluation and avoid making potentially stupid decisions. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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COVID-19 lays bare the racial bias in health care, says Sandra Scott Simons, MD, in this article ahead of print, and it is EPs’ responsibility to try to understand the hardships that racial disparity creates for patients.
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Today's enews: The COVID-19 pandemic brings EPs an opportunity to unite in their shared experiences and heal each other with the knowledge that they all have feelings such as guilt. Sign up for our (totally free!) enews: http://bit.ly/EMNenews!
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A 22-year-old woman who had no allergies or dental pain but had her wisdom teeth extracted a few months ago has swelling under her tongue that extends to the left side of her neck. What’s the diagnosis? #FOAMed
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Dr. Graham Walker says work like the study on sepsis phenotypes by Christopher Seymour, MD, MSc, is the first step toward customized care and away from ordering cultures, lactate, and fluids for every single patient every single time. #FOAMed
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LucyWillis, MD, risked her life working tirelessly for COVID-19 patients, but a refrigerated truck at her hospital added an unexpected element: guilt. Turns out her fellow EPs were feeling the same. This moving story tells how they’re coping.
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Jason Woods, MD, shares a neonatal fever update in this month’s EMedHome video. Watch it at http://bit.ly/EMN-EMedHomeVideos! #FOAMed
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John Anderson, MD, shares a story of a patient who presents with a retained foreign body and how he has to take a second look. Only in this month’s Physician Grind podcast. Listen in at http://bit.ly/PhysGrind!
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Dr. Michelle Lin says the cell phone is often an overlooked vehicle for harboring the coronavirus before spreading it to the hands and even face, and there is an easy way for EPs to avoid that during their shifts—a clear sandwich bag.
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The accuracy of urine drug testing for Cannabis can be influenced by a multitude of factors such as chemicals with a similar molecular structure as marijuana, the degree of use, and more. #FOAMed
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Inserting an ear wick into a swollen canal helps keep medication around longer and assists with healing for otitis externa, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts. Learn more at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause! #FOAMed
Like the Gulf War three decades ago, the COVID-19 pandemic is once again presenting residents with a rapidly spreading threat, an overwhelming sense of loss of control, and the potential of dying in the line of duty, says Dr. Thomas Cook.
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EP Mark Mosley, MD, MPH, says being a leader is in EPs’ wheelhouse: Carefully assess a COVID-19 vaccine when it finally arrives and do your best for your patients.
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Dr. Sandra Scott Simons says the world needs the knowledge base and skillset of EPs in face of COVID-19 now more than ever—not the data entry and patient-pleasing skills they’ve had to acquire, but the real emergency medicine skills that define the specialty.
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EP Maria Paone, MD, writes movingly about losing her mother and aunt to COVID-19 and how her ED colleagues understand why she makes bad jokes about her mom almost beating it by eating pepperoni.
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Dr. Alice Lee and interventional cardiologist Jas Kahlon, MD, diagnose a 60-year-old woman who presents with chest and left arm pain in this video preview. Check out the full screencast to learn the diagnosis June 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed!
Inserting an ear wick into a swollen canal helps keep medication around longer and assists with healing for otitis externa, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in this preview of their next video. Watch the full video and read their blog on June 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
Using ultrasound during aspiration of a wrist helps identify the right location and makes sure you’re in the right spot, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in this preview of their next video. Watch the full video and read their blog going live May 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
What's the diagnosis for this 66-year-old with hemoptysis, shortness of breath, and atrial fibrillation who is on Eliquis and has hypertension, congestive heart failure, and apnea? Watch @azerdocmom and Kevin Craig, MD, discuss her care in this video, and then check out the full screencast going live May 1 to learn the diagnosis at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed!
Using ultrasound is the right move before tapping a wrist, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in this preview of their next video. Watch the full video and read their blog going live April 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
A 64-year-old man with swelling of his tongue and neck gave Dr. Alice Lee and Cristian Patterson, DO, a run for their money. Watch a preview of this scary case of angioedema from lisinopril and then the full screencast to learn the diagnosis on April 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed. #FOAMed
Performing paracentesis is pretty simple once you set up your equipment and use ultrasound to identify landmarks, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in this preview of their next video. Watch the full video & read their blog at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
Dr. Alice Lee and special guest Salim Rezaie, MD, figure out what is going on with a 73-year-old woman with acute onset of thoracic back pain. Watch this preview and then the full screencast to learn the diagnosis at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed. #FOAMed
Ultrasound can find the landmarks you need before starting paracentesis, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in a preview of their next video. Watch the full video and read their blog going live Feb. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
Dr. Alice Lee and special guest Greg Henry, MD, talk through the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with acute onset of vision problems. Watch this preview and then the full screencast to learn the diagnosis Feb. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed. #FOAMed
Laying hands on a patient’s abdomen is still a good way to help make a dx. Try this old-school test before you do a paracentesis, say Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts in a preview of their next video. Watch the full video and read their blog going live on Jan. 2 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
Drs. Alice Lee and Evie Marcolini dissect the case of a 93-year-old woman with acute left-side weakness. Is there more here than meets the eye? Watch this preview and then the full screencast going live on Jan. 2 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed. #FOAMed
Dr. Alice Lee diagnoses a challenging case with Evie Marcolini, MD, and records her screencast live at our ACEP booth!
Sometimes what seem to be breath-holding episodes in children are much more serious, with kids developing bradycardia and even asystole. Watch this preview for more info, and read the blog by Dr. Larry Mellick going live Nov. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-Mellick! #FOAMed
A 29-year-old diabetic is brought to Dr. Alice Lee’s ED for an anxiety attack. He has shortness of breath, nausea, and stomach pain. EMS gave Ativan, but what’s really going on here? Watch this preview, then find the real answer in the full screencast on Nov. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed! #FOAMed
Watch this preview of the next video from Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts to see why you should always wear safety goggles when draining a subungual hematoma. Watch the full video and read their blog on No.v 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
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Dr. Seth Hawkins has pearls galore for treating snake bites (like don’t use a tourniquet) on the iCubed screencast by Dr. Alice Lee. Watch this preview (under a minute!) and then watch the full screencast Oct. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed. #FOAMed
All you want to know about pyloric stenosis and its fascinating back story. Watch this short preview and then watch all 3 videos and read the blog by Dr. Larry Mellick Oct. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-Mellick. #FOAMed
Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts say a figure of 8 suture comes in handy in unique situations, like varicose vein repair. Watch this brief preview, and then watch the full video and read their blog going live Oct. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause.
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A 66-year-old with chest pain doesn’t respond to repeated shocks. Watch this preview video from Dr. Alice Lee as she and Ali Raja, MD, talk about dual sequential defibrillation in the ED, and then watch the full screencast going live on Sept. 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed! #FOAMed
A patient with a chainsaw injury to his leg comes to the ED, and Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts show you how to share tension to repair the smaller pieces of skin in this preview from their blog. Watch the full video and read their blog at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause.
Watch this preview video from Dr. Alice Lee as she and Dr. Cristian Patterson diagnose two patients with chest pain who look really sick and learn lots of new info about how to diagnose a devastating illness. Watch the full screencast on August 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-iCubed.
Heat-related illness not as simple as it looks, says Dr. Larry Mellick in this preview of his video-blog. Click through to see the full video and read his blog on August 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-Mellick!
Dr. James Roberts and Ms. Martha Roberts show you how to get the toe out of a jam with running sutures in this preview from their blog. Watch the full video and read their blog going live August 1 at http://bit.ly/EMN-ProceduralPause!
The Most Trusted News Source in Emergency Medicine An award-winning news magazine for the nation's 41,000 emergency physicians published by Wolters Kluwer, Emergency Medicine News provides breaking coverage of advances, trends, and issues within the field, as well as clinical commentary by Editorial Board Chairman James R. Roberts, MD, a leader in the field, Edwin Leap, MD, Leon Gussow, MD, Richard Pescatore, MD, Darren Braude, MD, and Graham Walker, MD, among many others. The newspaper features comprehensive special reports, illuminating profiles, and dynamic editorials. Physicians who are registered with the AMA/AOA as having a primary specialty related to emergency medicine are eligible for a free subscription. To order EMN or for other Subscription Services, please visit www.myEMNsub.com. You may also call (800)430-5450 or send an email to [email protected]. You will need your account number, located above your name on your mailing label.
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