22 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Angela Barskaya about Critical Care Fellowship and Emergency Medicine (EM) Critical Care. Dr. Barskaya currently divides her time between working in the Emergency Department (ED) and in the...

22 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]The value of diversity in the medical field cannot be overstated. Studies have shown increasing diversity among physicians and healthcare professionals, in general, is not only important for the sake of representation, but for improving the...

22 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]After a successful inaugural year, there is a bright future for New York ACEP’s “Academy of Clinical Educators” or ACE program. The program consisted of a series of six lectures open to all New York ACEP...

22 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]I was knuckle deep, digging and tugging as determinedly yet gently as possible to loosen, fragment and ultimately extract the hard rock of stool the elderly gentleman, Mr. H, had been unable to evacuate over the...

22 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""] Case A 16-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with right sided chest pain since last night. He reported pain as pressure-like and worse with deep inspiration. The patient also reported one week of sore throat,...

22 Nov

Posted at 12:41h in by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]The last three years have been full of unprecedented events in emergency medicine. For many of us, it has felt like a roller coaster ride. As an emergency medicine physician leader, my experience in 2020 was...

20 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]The Opportunities for Women in Leadership (OWL) Program is a longitudinal mentorship program supported by New York ACEP with the goal of promoting the advancement of women in Emergency Medicine. In line with the organization’s commitment...

20 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]The move from paper to the electronic medical record (EMR) was a monumental change in the practice of medicine and documentation. Looking back at that change it was like a slow-moving storm that rolled over the...

20 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a must-not-miss diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). An aneurysm is a localized dilatation or ballooning of a blood vessel wall. Risk factors include hypertension, age >50, smoking and genetics (i.e.,...

20 Nov

Posted at 12:43h in by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""]I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Angela Mills, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University, and Immediate Past President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). She provided amazing insights into the path to...