Don’t Eat the Fireworks
A 35 year-old male with a past medical history of severe mental retardation and a…
Inside Your Financial Planner’s Black Box
The fee and payment system in medicine is a big black box. Patients don’t know…
EPs On the Ground in Joplin
Kevin Kikta, an EP on duty during the Joplin tornado, recalls the first harrowing moments,…
Sleepwalker
“Did you know that sleep walking will get you disqualified from the Navy?” I asked…
Facebook Follies
Dear Director, I’m Facebook friends with a bunch of the nurses I work with and…
Sexism in the ED: How pervasive is gender bias?
“Do male physicians get preferential treatment in the ED?” EPM asked this among other questions…
Ultrasound of the Knee?
“Are you sure I don’t need that magic stroke medication that I saw on TV?”…
Ultrasound First in Suspected Appendicitis
Why are we are still subjecting patients–particularly children–to dangerous doses of CT radiation when imaging…
Just How Good is Nebulized Fentanyl in Kids?
Children often present to the emergency department with acute pain and the issue of rapid…
Trauma Care in Embattled Ivory Coast
In the Spring of 2011, surgeon Cristiana Bertocchi finished a stint in Côte d’Ivoire–Ivory Coast–working…