Finishing Strong
“Laborare est orare”-Horace/St. Benedict. This famous quote from Horace can loosely be translated as, “To…
Dr. Heck goes to Washington
One thing is clear in the current political landscape: Americans are fed up with the…
How Useful Are Patient Sat Scores?
Dr. Colfer and Dr. Sullivan offer the point and counter point on the subject of…
Snake Bite on Foot
A 62-year-old woman entered the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of a snake…
Implanting Uncertainty Into the Emergency Dept
Infertility is a growing medical problem affecting 1 in 6 couples with a median prevalence…
Children with Abdominal Trauma
Is there benefit to routine hospital admission in children with blunt abdominal trauma who have…
“Bad Pneumonia” in DNR Patient
“Room 4, old septic guy with pneumonia, a trach, DNR, admitted,” says your colleague as…
ABEM’s Assessment of Practice Performance (APP)
It seems that every time we comply with a regulation someone moves the finish line.…
NO DESAT!
A simple modification in practice can protect your patients from hypoxia during emergency intubation. Imagine…
The Wired Department: M.U. and You
You may not have realized it, but in recent months there has been a fundamental…