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2024
April 2024: The Patient “Experience” Mitigating the Challenges
March 2024: Healthcare Disparity and Voter Registration. Hotspotting Interventions: Do they work?
February 2024: Everything Anaphylaxis
January 2024: Mitigating Depression, Slow Productivity and Perfecting Ourselves to Death.
2023
November 2023: Low risk PE’s, ACORN and CT-First studies
October 2023: Prehospital TXA and plasma in trauma. Airway management in trauma resuscitations
July 2023: Intro to Therapy Articles and Prehospital TXA
April 2023: Bougienage for Esophageal Coins, Delivering Bad News
February 2023: Bougie Assisted Intubation
2022
November 2022: Debriefing, Wellness strategies and Humor-Training
October 2022: Pigtails for pneumothorax, Ketamine & RSI, Inhaled steroids in asthmatics
September 2022: Trauma Potpourri with EVMS General Surgery
July: Wake-up Stroke, Thrombectomy & Covert Brain Infarction
May: Unenhanced Abdominal CT Scanning in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pain
April: Peds EM JC: Covid-19, TBI in Infants, Short Course ABI’s in Community Acquired Pneumonia
March: Bladder Decompression and Bougie Assisted Intubations
February: Ketamine for Sickle Cell Crises & VTE’s in Age-Adjusted and Pregnant patients
January: Potpourri of topics: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda but didn’t in 2021
2021
November: Management of Alcohol and Opioid Withdrawal
September: Analgesia in Acute Back Pain and Digital Nerve Blocks
August: Urgent Care Topics: Wound care, Corneal abrasions, Steroids in pharyngitis
July: Chest Pain and ED Management The HEART Score and GRACE Guidelines
May: Academic Fellow’s Journal Club Disparities in Health and Healthcare
March: ED Traumatic Arrest Management & Prognostic Factors
January: The use of POCUS during CPR. Revisiting PEA and Pseudo-PEA
2020
November: The use of Coronary CTA in the ED chest pain patient
October: Physician burnout, Wellness Coaching & Positive Psychology
September: Managing Atrial Fibrillation in the ED
July (Zoom): Evaluation of the Syncopal Patient & A Welcome Newbie’s Article
May (Zoom): Ultra-long US Guided IV’s, Midline Catheters & Substance Use Disorder
March (Zoom): Pandemics & all things Covid-19
February: EM Physician Wellness & Burnout
2019
October: The Patient Experience: Perspectives on quality care and an introduction to Design Thinking
September: Acute Stroke in the ED: Extending intervention times with TPA and Thrombectomy
July Epinephrine and Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
May Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy: The YEARS Algorithm
March Alternatives to opioids in the ED. Ketamine and IV Lidocaine
February Novel uses of tranexamic acid in select ED patients
January Outpatient management of acute pulmonary embolism
2018
November The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or…Work as Imagined vs. Work as Performed
September US Guided Femoral Nerve Blocks & Pre-hospital Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest Patients
August Fluid management in the pediatric DKA patient
July The HEART score in low-risk ED chest pain patients.
May Use of D-dimer to diagnose thoracic aortic dissection (TAD)
April- Delivering bad news in adult and pediatric patients
March- Balanced fluids in the ED. The SPLIT, SALT-ED and SMART trials
February- Atrial Fibrillation and ED anticoagulation. Hold the paddles!
January- Opioid epidemic and ED prescribing.
2017
November - Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Physician Impairment
October - Contrast Induced Nephropathy (CIN) - Myth or Malady
September - Outpatient Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
August - In-situ Simulation in the Emergency Department
July - ACLS Update and Beta Blockers in Recalcitrant Ventricular Fibrillation
May - Lean Design Principles in the Emergency Department
April - Sepsis and the qSOFA Score
March - Palliative Care and the Emergency Physician
February - ED Physician, PA, and Resident Burnout
January - High Sensitivity Troponins in Acute Chest Pain
2016
November- Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Abscesses
October JC Cancelled
September - Complex Decision Making and Video Ethnography in the Emergency Department
August - Management of the Headache Patient in the Emergency Department
July- JC Cancelled
May- Low-dose Ketamine for Analgesia in the ED
April- Acute appendicitis and non-operative management
March- Low risk chest pain patients and the HEART score.
February- Central venous lines (CVL) location. Where's best?
January- Reversal agents for direct thrombin, Factor Xa and Vitamin K antagonists.
2015
November- Balanced fluid resuscitation or normal saline in resuscitation of the septic patient
October- Peds. Potpourri HEAT Trial, Atropine & RSI Post-Arrest Hypothermia, O2 Sats & Broncholitis
September- Thrombolytic Agents in Sub-Massive Pulmonary Embolism
August- Early Goal Directed Therapy Update
July- Shoulder Reduction Techniques
May- JC cancelled (SAEM)
April - Central vs Peripheral Vertigo and the HINTS examination
March - Ultrasound vs. CT for the Diagnosis of Acute Renal Colic
February - ECMO in the POST-Cardiac Arrest Patient
January - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Role of Hyperbaric Therapy?
2014
July-Intranasal Narcan in Opiate Overdose
May-Early Goal Directed Therapy in Sepsis
April-Tranexamic acid in Trauma, Menorrhagia and Epistaxis
March- Cardiac Catherization in the Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient
February-ED Child Abuse Screening Professionalism and EM
January- Post Cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia
November -Age adjusted D-dimer
October-Ebola Update and Pandemic Mitigation
September-Delayed Intracranial Bleeding in Geriatric Head Injuries
August-Sedation and Analgesia in Patients on Paralytic Agents
2013
July-Apnic Oxygenation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Before Intubation
May-Stress Testing in Low Risk ED Chest Pain Patients
April- Kayexalate for Hyperkalemia Family Presence During Resuscitation
March-Patient Satisfaction in the Emergency Department
February-Tricks of the Trade Captain Morgan and Hip Reductions
November- Routine Testing of ED Patients with Asymptomatic Hypertension
October-Rivaroxaban for the Treatment of Acute DVT
September-Cerebral Edema in Pediatric DKA patients
August-Beta Blockers in the Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Patient
2012
July-TIA Risk Stratification Cardioversion vs. Rate Control in New Onset Atril Fibrillation or Flutter CT utility in Acute SAH
May-First Line Antihypertensive Agents Utility of the San Francisco Syncope Rule
April-Tranexamic Acid in the Bleeding Patient
March-Procalcitonin in Urosepsis Coronary CT in Acute Chest Pain
February-Pediatric Potpourri: BiPAP in Kids with Asthma Lansoprozol in Asthma Daily vs. Intermittent Budesonide
January- Alternative Epileptic Drugs in the Acute Seizure Patient
November- Pediatric Potpourri: The PECARN Decision Rule Octylcyanoacrylate in Nailbed Laceration Rapid Viral Testing in Pediatric Fever
September-TPA Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
August-Routine Packing of Abscesses Methylene Blue for Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose What are Bath Salts
2011
July-Hypertonic Saline vs. Mannitol in ICP management Tamsulosin for Ureteral Expiulsion
May-Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure
April-ED Cardioversion in Acute Atrial Fibrillation Dabigatran vs. Warfarin in Atrial Fibrillation
March-Venous vs. Arterial Blood Gas Relevance of CPK Elevation in Healthy Patients Beta-Agonist Use in CHF Patients
February-Ultrasound vs. CT in Pediatric Appendicitis
January-Optic Nerve Diameter for ICP Assessment Etomidate in Septic Patients
November-Management of Acute Bronchiolitis
October-Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Management
September-Consent for CT's Incidental Findings in CT's IV contrast and the CT study