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=""] Introduction As the world gets smaller, emergency physicians must remain vigilant. Emergency Medicine is often an endeavor in searching for the needle in the haystack. Nowhere is that more true than the chief complaint of pediatric fever...

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=""] Background: Traditional conference didactics may not always meet the learning needs of current emergency medicine (EM) residents. ACGME guidelines recommend a minimum of 16 hours of formal classroom education in ultrasound but it is unclear how this...

19 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=""]For those of us who work in the “trenches,” results of the 2023 Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Match may not come as any surprise. Amid staffing shortages, increased pressure to meet productivity metrics, the innumerable challenges...

19 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 width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="64px"][vc_column_text css=""] Case A 56-year-old female with a significant past medical history of diverticulitis presented to the emergency department with 3 days of worsening left lower quadrant abdominal pain associated with fever, nausea, constipation and decreased appetite. She...

19 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=""]Hello New York ACEP. I can’t believe another year has passed, as I enter my second year as your President. It has been an exciting year with a lot of valuable work being done to support...

19 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_btn title="2023 Unsung Heroes" color="primary" css="" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyacep.org%2Funsung-heroes-2023|target:_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

19 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 am just returning from a thrilling and eventful trip to the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly. I have attended this meeting several times over the years, but my main purpose this year was...

19 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=""] With two hours to go on a busy evening shift, a new patient pops up on the board. The line on the EMR reads 9 mo M. CC: Breathing Problem VS: T 37.9 RR 38 HR...

18 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=""] Elder Mistreatment: Emergency Department Recognition and Management. Gottesman E, Elman A, Rosen T; Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York; Clin Geriatr Med; 2023 Nov;39(4):553-573. Elder mistreatment is experienced by 5% to 15% of...

18 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=""]In September 2023, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Adrian Aurrecoechea about social emergency medicine. Dr. Aurrecoechea is the Director of Social Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and New York Health...