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Image credit:U.S. Department of DefenseThis post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.Authors:Mary Unanyan, OMS-IGregory Jasani, MD; AAEM/RSA Secretary TreasurerThe coronavirus pandemic has caused many to wonder whether our nation’s healthcare system can properly treat all of the projected critical
Authors:Christianna Sim, MD MPH; Taylor Conrad, MD MS; Taylor M. Douglas, MD; Wesley Chan, MDEditors:Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEM and Kami Hu, MD FAAEMOriginally published:Common SenseNovember/December 2020Question: How can end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring guide our management of cardiac arre
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Jennifer Gemmill, MD FAAEMOriginally published:Common SenseJanuary/February 2021I 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 rem
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Puja Gopal, MDUniversity of Illinois College of MedicineThis post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.Recently when watching the evening news, I came across an interesting segment focusing on how teaching meditation in middle and high schools in San Francisco has led to m
Image credit:PexelsAuthors:Nicole E. McAmis; Angela C. Mirabella; Elizabeth M. McCarthy; Cara A. Cama, MBA; and Frank H. Netter, MDOriginally published:Common SenseSeptember/October 2020BackgroundThe U.S. Department of State defines human trafficking in The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Lauren Lamparter – Medical Student Council PresidentOriginally published:Common SenseSeptember/October 2020One of the reasons I am drawn to and pursuing a career in emergency medicine is its open-door policy — all are welcome, regardless of their ability to pay, the color o
Image credit:PexelsAs 2020 comes to an end, we look forward to recognizing the year’s top 10 articles! Join me in congratulating this amazing group of authors at all levels of training and from across the United States!Additionally, I would like to thank each of the AAEM/RSA Modern Resident Blog aut
Image credit:PexelsAuthors:Jennifer Rosenbaum, MD; Nicole V. Lucas, MD; and Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD CMQ FAAEOriginally published:Common SenseJanuary/February 2021The advent and broad availability of ridesharing services, such as Lyft and Uber, are changing the way patients access medical services, a
Image credit:PexelsAuthors:Eveline Hitti, MD MBA FAAEMLisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEMOriginally published:Common SenseMay/June 2017The number of women enrolled in medical schools has risen from less than 25% in the 1970s to over 47% today.1,2In spite of this, we continue to see striking under
Image credit:PexelsAuthors:Ahmed Mamdouh Taha Mostafa, MD; Kevin C. Welch, DO; and Max Cooper, MD RDMSOriginally published:Common SenseJanuary/February 2021CaseA 76-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, diverticulitis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, dep
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Alexandria Gregory, MD – AAEM/RSA Editor, Common SenseOriginally published:Common SenseJanuary/February 2021Four months after the beginning of second year, I still feel weird being called a “senior resident.” It feels like just yesterday I was the intern, lowest on the tote
Authors:Taylor M. Douglas, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD MS; Wesley Chan, MD; and Christianna Sim, MD MPHEditor:Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEM and Kami Hu, MD FAAEMMost, if not all, emergency medicine clinicians are familiar with massive transfusion protocols (MTP), which were developed to create a systematic met
Authors:Rithvik Balakrishnan MD; Taylor M. Douglas, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD, MS; Theodore Segarra, MD; Christianna Sim, MD, MPHEditors: Kelly Maurelus MD FAAEM, Kami Hu MD FAAEMOriginally published:Common SenseJuly/August 2020IntroductionThe ability to obtain good neurological outcomes after cardiac a
Authors:Jordan Parker MD; Sharleen Yuan, MA MD PhD; Megan Donohue, MD; Robert Brown, MD; Mark Sutherland, MD; Hannah Goldberg, MD; Akilesh Honasoge, MDEditors: Kami M. Hu, MD FAAEM, Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally published:Common SenseSeptember/October 2020IntroductionSeptic shock is an illness
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Shaughnelene D. Smith, BSc (Hons); Eddie K. Maybury, BScOriginally published:Common SenseSeptember/October 2020Several weeks ago, I finished my first year of medical school and began the arborous drive from Kansas City, Missouri, to California for a summer research position
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Matthew CarveyOriginally published:Common SenseJuly/August 2020Medic-1 is responding to an assault in a rural location. Dispatch notifies EMS that the patient has a fever and was put on mandatory self-isolation for 14 days. On arrival, EMS dons a sterile cap, goggles, an N9
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Lauren Lamparter – President, AAEM/RSA Medical Student CouncilOriginally published:Common SenseMarch/April 2021For the third-year medical student, the emergency medicine residency application process starts with applying to away rotations. This year, uncertainty remains aro
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Mary Haas, MDOriginally published:Common SenseNovember/December 2016You are managing a busy emergency department, when you hear via the overhead paging system that a new patient has arrived in your resuscitation bay. You scurry from the farthest corner of your department, w
Image credit:FlickrAuthors:Emily Lara S. Dawra, BS, MSIIUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine MD ProgramAAEM/RSA MemberKasha Bornstein, MSc Pharm, EMT-P, MSIVUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine MD/MPH ProgramAAEM/RSA Modern Resident Blog Copy EditorIntroductionOn June 18, 2020, Flo
Image credit:PixabayThis post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.Authors:Alessandra Della Porta, EMT-B, MSIIIUniversity of Miami School of MedicineKasha Bornstein, Msc Pharm, EMT-P, MSIVAAEM/RSA Modern Resident Blog Copy EditorUniversity of Miami School of MedicineBottom Line Up Front:Fournier ga
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Shane A. Sobrio, MDOriginally published:Common SenseMarch/April 2021Flashback to 2019. Hong Kong protests were raging on, the U.S. Women’s National Team won the world cup, Donald Trump was being impeached, and the health care battle continued to revolve around the opioid ep
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Ryan P. Gibney, MDOriginally published:Common SenseMarch/April 2021It 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 chan
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Alexandria Gregory, MDOriginally published:Common SenseSeptember/October 2020If your residency is like most programs, your pre-COVID didactics likely consisted of several hours of in-person conference once a week. That common, traditional way of learning has been turned ups
Image credit:PexelsAuthor:Ryan Gibney, MDAEM/RSA EditorOriginally published:Common SenseNovember/December 2020The sun peaks over the bay, as the crispness evaporates from the morning air to greet, what — in any other normal time — would be the start of a new school year. The traditional morning rout
Image credit:secildegirmencilerThis post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.Authors:Kyla RakoczyMS-3, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineKasha Bornstein, MD, MPHPGY-1, LSU New Orleans Internal Medicine/Emergency MedicineChoosing a specialty is one of the most daunting tasks of medical s