Strategies for Expediting Psych Admits
A look at the psychiatric medical screening exam (PMSE), and the age-old misconceptions that too…
Meaningful Use: “A Kick in the Pants”
EP-turned-CMIO Steven Davidson talks frankly about the challenges of qualifying for Meaningful Use.
Floaters and Flashes VIDEO
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Floaters and Flashes
Recently on the EM:RAP podcast, we discussed the common presenting complaint of visual floaters and…
Emergency Medicine's New Horizons
To reprise anything, one first has to conclude that it made some impact the first…
Drunk & Disorderly
“I’m 0 for 2 tonight” your resident says after yet another exasperating interaction with one…
When Turtles Attack
It was a surprisingly quiet early May morning in a Midwest emergency department. I was…
Game On
Recap from last month: Dr. Smith, a 45 year old emergency physician with a $500,000…
CMS and Deep Sedation: A Win for Emergency Medicine
Last spring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a ruling which threatened…
Diamondback Bite
A 28-year-old emergency physician is bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake on the right middle finger.…