Pay for Performance
After years of debate, pay for performance is making its way into the books, courtesy…
Wet Reads: The Presentation
It’s trauma season again. EMS brings you (with three minutes warning) a young male with…
Tox Call: July 07
Partial opiate agonist poisoning in a child A two year-old boy without medical history is…
Geriatrics: New ACS Rules
New ACS Rules A brief overview of the newest guidelines for treatment of ACS in…
Compensation Confusion
Gentlemen…Start Your Calculators! I remember the first time I discussed compensation with an emergency…
Blood Spot. Do you detect foul play?
Blood Spot For this 18-month-old girl, a trip to the playground led to a bloody…
Research: Anticipating Crowding & ICU Delays
Two recent studies shed light on crucial areas of ED crowding: how to predict…
Is your patient hypovolemic?
Citation: Sinert R and Spektor M. Clinical Assessment of Hypovolemia. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol…
Detecting domestic violence
Citation: Director TD, Linden JA. Domestic violence: an approach to identification and intervention. Emerg Med…
The Case: Diagnosing Ankylosing Spondylitis
a Peer-Review of Expert Witness Testimony The Case A patient with a history of alcoholism…