ECG PEARLS: Beware the Slow Mimics of Ventricular Tachycardia
A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe respiratory distress. He reported a…
Expect the Unexpected
When it rains, it pours. You and your overnight team of residents have just finished…
Drunk and Dangerous
It was a hot Saturday night and the ED was packed, as usual. All the…
EPM Survey: ACLS Training is of Minimal Value
From a total of 769 respondents, 80% of whom were board certified in emergency medicine…
Merit Badge Courses: Who Benefits?
This month’s issue of EP Monthly reveals the results of an interesting survey about the…
Risky Business: Understanding Financial Risk, Part I
As physicians we face many different types of risk every day, from the risk that…
Fall Out of Tree, Right Elbow Pain
You are asked to see a stable multiple-trauma patient, 26 years old, who has fallen…
Tales from the Crib
A great emergency physician is an expert in the atypical, the unstable, and the unexpected.…
Take Your Practice from Good to Great
Dear Director, I just finished my first year as an attending and while I feel…
A-Fib and Cardioversion: A Brief History
The advent of cardioversion was not a human drama. In 1775 the French physician Abilgard…