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Image credit: Pexels Author: Ryan P. Gibney, MD Originally published: Common SenseMarch/April 2021 It definitely felt different this new year. The normal buzz around town, packed stores, twinkling lights, and family gatherings uncharacteristically muted as compared to years past. I noticed a profound change in the hospital starting in mid-November: the winter chill was ever […]

Image credit: Pexels Author: Jennifer Gemmill, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common SenseJanuary/February 2021 I am a terrible patient. I will refuse medicines prescribed to me. I will pick up my heavy 2-year-old just hours after delivering my newborn while the L&D nurses give me the evil eye. I will remove my own loop recorder in my […]

Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Authors: Mary Unanyan, OMS-I Gregory Jasani, MD; AAEM/RSA Secretary Treasurer The coronavirus pandemic has caused many to wonder whether our nation’s healthcare system can properly treat all of the projected critically ill patients. Experts worry that the sudden increase in sick […]

Image credit: Flickr This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Jaclyn H. Jansen, MD MSEmergency Medicine Resident Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine  Indianapolis, Indiana ABSTRACT BACKGROUND:  While patients with COVID-19 infection most frequently present with fever, dry cough, and dyspnea, other symptoms have been associated with viral infection. This […]

Image Credit: CDC Dear Emergency Medicine Residents and Students, We have reached a critical time in modern medicine with the pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Today, I wanted to take a minute to remind you just how important you are in this fight against COVID-19. Over the coming days and weeks, your efforts will be critical […]