Bread and Circuses
I have fallen into my usual melancholy funk, having recently finished watching the conventions of…
Abdominal Pain in the Elderly Patient
Don’t look now, but that gentle lapping at your toes is the first hint of…
Lake Effect: The Discharge Dilemma
Your next patient has had abdominal pain for a week. The patient’s parents think it…
Stay Sharp with Focused Sim Education
If you think that simulation training is “playing with dummies” or is just for residents,…
‘Doc, are you sure you have to aspirate?’
During a busy swing shift, a 45-year-old male presents to the emergency department with two…
A World of Non-Traditional EM Opportunities
Dear Director, I’m completing my residency and as I look ahead at my first…
From Humble Beginnings: The Birth of the Broselow Tape
How “The Tape” came to be, and what its invention says about emergency medicine …
Homecoming: Caring for South Sudan’s Returnees
There is something truly unique about the frenzied energy of a refugee/displaced person/ returnee camp,…
An Elegantly Icky Solution
I’d love to shield the identity of the patient in this story. But I can’t,…
Greg Henry Interviews ACEP President David Seaberg
Between the healthcare overhaul and the Supreme Court’s subsequent landmark challenge, it’s been an interesting…