EMCrit Project

AUGUST 29, 2023

A deeper dive on accidental hypothermia in anticipation of my much awaited winter EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

AUGUST 29, 2023

Patient restraint is a high risk, high liability encounter for all levels of emergency medical practitioners. Often, acutely agitated patients be.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Southeast region’s numbers. (Click to enlarge.) Nearly two years since COVID disrupted the emergency medicine job market, things are finally looking up. The Fall 2023 market is up about 20 percent from last year but still lags behind the 2019 market by 32 percent! Of note, 32 percent of openings are in rural, low volume/acuity facilities. In 2019, 63 percent of available jobs were with national contract groups, with 53 percent open to primary care physicians.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 29, 2023

This post accompanies Dani’s talk at DFTB23 in Adelaide It was Winter 2021—the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were in lockdown. In the emergency department, we were working our way through tonnes of PPE, masks, aprons, and gloves. We were exhausted. Our patients were scared. Headlines were terrifying. One of our nurses worked on her days off in the vaccination centre.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 29, 2023

You vs. Your Brain—A Session to Make You Think Kick off your ACEP23 experience with an exciting opening session that could change the way you and your brain work together. Did you know our brains are wired to take short cuts that sometimes lead to cognitive distortions? Understanding how and why our biases work is an important first step in improving our decision-making, determining information we’re willing to trust, and building relationships.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 29, 2023

What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else? Our program pairs training at one of the busiest emergency departments in the country at a nationally recognized county, safety-net, Level I Trauma and Regional Burn Center (MetroHealth) with a world-renowned quaternary academic referral center (Cleveland Clinic). This unique combination exposes residents to an impressive variety of pathology and truly prepares them to practice in any environment after graduation.

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