Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
What is academic emergency medicine all about? What's new in the specialty of EM? This blog aims to give you a "behind the scenes" peak into this exciting world. My perspective comes from that of a medical educator with an interest in emerging technologies.
Mon: Review of medical education article
Tue: Work in progress / faculty hero spotlight
Wed: Sneak peak into my ACEP News "Tricks of the Trade" column
Thu: What's on my mind?
Fri: "Paucis Verbis" peripheral brain cards
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May 17, 12 03:00AMThe shared Dropbox folder option for my Paucis Verbis cards has been a bit quirky over the past years. Because the folder is a true "shared" folder, everyone has read and write capabilities. So, occas ionally...
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May 16, 12 03:00AMI recently had the pleasure of presenting our KidsCareEverywhere-Vietnam team's study findings at the national SAEM meeting in Chicago.Bottom line: Despite knowing English as a second language, V ietnamese...
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May 15, 12 03:00AMFrom GotoAID.comThree weeks ago, I talked about more safely reducing mandibular dislocations. After successful completion of the procedure, how do you make sure that the patient doesn't re-dislocate t he...
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May 12, 12 11:36PMThose of us active in social media had quite an active meeting at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting in Chicago, IL this past week.First off, Dr. David Marcus (@EMIMDoc) from Long Isl and...
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May 09, 12 03:00AMWhat are you doing this week? Are you at the annual SAEM meeting in Chicago? Stop by and say hi. There is an impressive list of abstract presentations for the meeting. I'll be giving an oral pres entation...
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May 08, 12 03:00AMYou identify a great external jugular (EJ) vein to cannulate for IV access. You are having a hard time keeping the angle of the angiocatheter aimed at a shallow angle because the mandible is in the wa y...
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May 07, 12 04:03PMHere is another slide set from our residency program's Area of Distinction presentation day.Dr. Hemal Kanzaria presented his project on Health Disparities in California, specifically focusing on ED cl osures...
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May 06, 12 01:56AMLast week, I had the pleasure of listening to our graduating EM residents' Area of Distinction (AOD) project presentations. I was actually quite blown away be the caliber, sophistication, and variety of...
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May 04, 12 03:00AMA few months ago, American Family Physician published a nice review article on the diagnosis and management of genital ulcers. How do you remember the classic appearances of the lesions? I often quick ly...
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May 01, 12 03:00AMA 40 year-old man presents with a traumatic hemopneumothorax. He weighs 400 pounds.Chest tubes can sometimes be challenge, especially for those with extra redundant tissue to tunnel through before rea ching...
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