Strategies for Maximizing O2 Delivery
Not too long ago, severe hypoxia in the ED was treated with a 15 lpm…
Lovesick
Sometimes you end up working a holiday because you are too lazy to check…
Give Your Finances the Full Work-Up in 2014
It’s only the second month of 2014 and already most Americans have abandoned their New…
ACEP Opens tPA Policy Up for Public Comment
The use of lytics in stroke is perhaps the most controversial therapy in emergency medicine;…
Expanding Medicaid Will Hurt Emergency Departments
“[P]eople are no longer going to the emergency room and they now have good health…
Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis
A 54-year-old male is in the ED for a paracentesis because he states he is…
The Cost of a Click
If time is money, emergency medicine needs to take another look at electronic medical records…
Remembering Louis Binder: Educator and Mentor
Louis Binder: 1954-2014. The emergency medicine community recently lost a great physician, scientist and educator…
Connecting the Golden Hour to the Golden Years
In room 7 there is an 85-year-old puffing away on CPAP who was just discharged…
Scale Down: When Bigger Isn’t Better
Aristotle and the ethics of localized healthcare governance We begin another calendar year, another chance…