Tag: emergency medicine
Therapy Dogs Aren’t Just for Patients
My hospital brought in a therapy dog for our ED team after a critical incident stress debriefing (CISD). I had never received dog therapy before. The big eyes and loving licks on our hands honestly helped. Perhaps what... read more
One Night in the ER
Follow Dr. Jim McCray through a single twelve-hour night shift working in the emergency room of a small Midwestern hospital. The fast-paced writing chronicles Dr. McCray's experience with wit and candor as he manages... read more
Tocilizumorelikeit? The latest data on Tocilizumab
Our hats were then blown away when the REMAP-CAP team and the UK government fired an evidence-based carpet bomb in our direction. We saw a trial press release, a preprint article, an alert letter from the MHRA/DHSC, national... read more
Understanding Moral Injury
The Understanding Moral Injury video was put together by the LTLC-Critical Care programme. This is an HEE and NHSEI initiative aimed at supporting the cross-skilling of the London NHS workforce to manage existing and spikes... read more
Azithromycin in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19
2582 hospitalised patients were randomised to standard of usual care plus azithromycin and 5182 patients received standard of usual care only. Exclusions including patients with long QTc or hypersensitivity to a macrolide... read more
ECG’s for the Emergency Physician 1
With over 200 traces to test your knowledge, this book is a first class learning tool for emergency physicians. Basic student-level knowledge of ECGs is assumed, so the reader can move directly to learning about the more... read more
What’s Next for EDs in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
As of late May, most countries have falling numbers of new cases of COVID-19 and are at various stages of easing lockdown orders. This seems a good time to look back on the pandemic experience so far and at what lessons we... read more
Urge Congress to Ensure that Emergency Physicians Have Due Process Rights
H.R. 6910, critical bipartisan legislation to ensure every emergency physician has medical staff due process rights was recently introduced by emergency physician and member of Congress, Rep. Raul Ruiz, MD (D-CA), and Rep.... read more
Emergency Medicine: Diagnosis and Management
Emergency Medicine: Diagnosis and Management incorporates the latest ideas and evidence base underpinning best practice emergency medicine care. This book covers a wide variety of emergencies, including general medical, critical... read more
The Invasion of the Physician Assistants
I was a senior emergency medicine resident at Darnall Army Community Hospital in Fort Hood, TX, in 1992. I wanted to do an elective rotation in anesthesia and to work closer to home because my wife and I lived 50 miles... read more
Lights and Sirens
A true account of going through UCLA's famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest... read more
Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER
In this eye-opening account of life in the ER, Paul Austin recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless hordes of patients with sad stories sent him down a path of bitterness and cynicism. Gritty, powerful,... read more
Miracles & Mayhem in the ER: Unbelievable True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor
Occasionally heart wrenching and always fast-paced, Miracles and Mayhem in the ER will have readers holding their breath one second and celebrating the next. Through his night shifts at a renowned Portland, OR hospital, Russell... read more
The ABC’s of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department
Many of us have heard the saying that emergency medicine is the best 15 minutes of every other specialty. This, is in part, due to the wide breadth of disease and knowledge one must have to take care of patients. In emergency... read more
Case Files Emergency Medicine, Fourth Edition
Experience with clinical cases is key to mastering the art and science of medicine and ultimately to providing patients with competent medical care. Case Files: Emergency Medicine, Fourth Edition delivers 59 true-to-life... read more
Trauma Room Two
In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death are separated by the thinnest of margins. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories... read more
Get Ready for a Massive Influx of Untriaged Patients
When a mass casualty incident occurs, emergency physicians are quickly thrust onto the front lines. That is precisely what happened on October 1st at Sunrise Emergency Department in Las Vegas the night Stephen Paddock opened... read more
