The EMrecruits Weekly | March 17, 2015
Top Emergency Medicine News and Updates
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The Worried Welcome
from EP Monthly
As I walked into the room and gave a tired smile and introduction, I saw the mother of the small baby girl start to relax. “Yes, I believe you are right. She probably has croup,” I said after listening to the mother’s history while watching, then listening to the child breathe...
Emerging Healthcare Trends Highlight Need to Define Quality, Value Metrics for Emergency Medicine
from ACEP Now
Where does emergency medicine fit into this emerging framework? Does it fit at all—does it even have to fit, or can it remain effectively outside and immune from this new world order of health care? How do we add value as the transformation occurs?
ACEP - Minus the Neurologists - Tempers its tPA Policy
from Emergency Medicine News
A draft of a new clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians takes a much more conservative approach on using intravenous tPA for managing acute ischemic stroke in the emergency department than the current guidelines, which were approved in 2012...
The Case for Body Cameras: Good for Doctors - and Their Patients
from EP Monthly
Scrubs —- check. Stethoscope — check. Body camera — check. That’s a list I’d like to see more doctors and nurses check off before they start their shifts...
What March Madness Tells You About Your Emergency Medicine Career
from EMrecruits
ACEP President Dr. Michael J. Gerardi Shares Views on Challenges Facing Emergency Medicine
from ACEP Now
Each year brings new challenges for our specialty to face and a new President to the lead the charge. Michael J. Gerardi, MD, who took over as ACEP President in October, shares his views on a few of those challenges...
ACLS Drugs Provide No Benefit for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
from Emergency Medicine News
It may sound like medical heresy, but the decades-long use of ACLS drugs does not appear to favorably affect the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Their use, in fact, may be detrimental to long-term survival...
Rethinking Medical Education
from EP Monthly
To mold great doctors, we need to broaden the foundations of undergraduate medical training – more Kant, less calc...
