Common Sense

• Resident Journal Review: Neurologic Complications of Correction for Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State in the Emergency Department

  Authors: Mark Sutherland, MD, Megan Donohue, MD, Caleb Chan, MD, Robert Brown, MD Editors: Kami M. Hu, MD FAAEM; Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEM Originally published: Common Sense September/October  2019 Questions What is the preferred therapy for correction of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar states (HHS) in the emergency department, and what potential adverse neurologic effects of these corrective therapies […]
• CPR Induced Consciousness – An Important Phenomenon to be Aware Of

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Jake Toy, DOHarbor UCLA Medical CenterOriginally published: Common Sense July/August 2019 In a recent resuscitation of an unconscious elderly woman in ventricular fibrillation, my team observed that upon initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), she began to make purposeful movements with her arms and legs. During compressions, she batted at the mechanical CPR device and […]
• The Power of Mentorship

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Alexandria Gregory, MD AAEM/RSA Social Media & Publications Committee Chair Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2019  I fell in love with emergency medicine before medical school. Truth be told, I had been hooked on EM since the first time I watched “ER” when I was ten years old. But as I entered […]
• SVI: The Next Step 2 CS

  Image credit: Pexels Author: Haig Aintablian, MDAAEM/RSA President Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2019 I did great on my SVI. The day of, I had just gotten a haircut and shaved my beard. My top half was covered by a nicely pressed navy blue suit jacket my mom bought me 4 years ago but that […]
• Resident Journal Review: Update on Attitudes Towards Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Effects on the Provision of High-Quality Care in the Emergency Department

  Authors: Hannah Goldberg, MD; Sharleen Yuan, MD PhD; Samantha Yarmis, MDEditors: Kami M. Hu, MD FAAEM and Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common Sense January/February 2019 QuestionDo emergency physicians have biases towards patients with sickle celldisease and do biases affect the delivery of appropriate care? IntroductionMany patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have disease that […]
• Be Alert to Potential Loperamide Abuse and Resulting Cardiotoxicity

  Originally published: Common Sense November/December 2018 This article was contributed by LoperamideSafety.org which is maintained by Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA). They are an advocacy group for the consumer healthcare products industry (https://www.chpa.org/About.aspx). A small, but growing, number of people are intentionally misusing loperamide (also soldunder the brand name Imodium®). Approved by the U.S. Food and […]
• Why We Shouldn’t Teach Doctors to be Well

  Image Credit: Pexels Author: Arlene Chung, MD MACM FAAEMOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2019 My nightmare is waking up to a phone call in the middle of the night with a frantic chief resident telling me that one of our residents is dead. We shouldn’t be teaching our doctors how to be well. Teaching the […]
• Cancer Sucks

  Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Nick Pettit, DO PhD 2018-2019 AAEM/RSA Board Liaison to the Publications and Social Media CommitteeOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2019 Cancer sucks! This is the proverbial phrase that unites all cancer survivors, cancer fighters, and cancer victims. It allows unity among the terrifying cancer experience, allowing us to bond and empathize over […]
• Dip, Chew, and Snuff: A Case of Nicotine Toxicity

  Authors: Tim Montrief, MD MPH and Mehruba Anwar Parris, MD FAAEMAAEM/RSA Publications & Social Media Committee and Common Sense Assistant Editor Originally published: Common Sense May/June 2019 CaseA 25-year-old Caucasian male with no significant known past medical history presented to a community emergency department via EMS with palpitations and altered mental status while on vacation at […]
• The Last Lecture to the Newly Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents

  Author: James Keaney, MD MPH MAAEM FAAEMFirst President of AAEMOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2019 The Current Climate of EM – How Did We Get Here?There are several recurrent phrases making their way into the vernacular of emergency medicine including transmutation, Joe the Plummer, the Leviathan Levy, and tumbleweed doctors. The transmutation of clinically generated […]

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