Pertussis: Not Your Typical URI
It’s been a quiet night so far in the ED. You see two patients appear…
Wu’s Views: What Are the Greatest Obstacles Facing EM Educators and Administrators?
Drs. Teresa and Tina Wu are sisters who both went into emergency medicine. Now, one…
Starting a Physician Callback Program
Editor’s Note: Last month, Dr. Michael Jaffe wrote about his personal experience calling patients after…
Near-Syncope & Rectal Pain
A 35-year-old female with a previously diagnosed ectopic pregnancy, status post methotrexate therapy presents to the…
Are Helicopter Parents to Blame for Excessive ED Visits?
It is after midnight and the preschooler running around your ED is showing considerably more…
What’s More Important: Savings Rate or Investment Returns?
In emergency medicine we want results STAT – vital signs, oxygen, labs, urinalysis, admit or…
Q&A with Lynn Masssingale, MD, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of TeamHealth
Part of a series: Click here to read “TeamHealth Agrees to $60 Million Settlement” When an…
TeamHealth Agrees to $60 Million Settlement
Part of a series: Click here to read the “Q&A with Lynn Masssingale, MD, the…
Sergey Motov on the Proper Use of Ketorolac and the Fifth Vital Sign
In a follow-up to his recent Annals paper, Dr. Sergey Motov discusses optimal dosing of…
How War Shaped a Specialty
The Vietnam War left behind a positive legacy of improved trauma care. Most of the…