EMTALA for Dummies

What is EMTALA? EMTALA stands for “Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act.” It is a federal law enacted by Congress in 1986 to prevent hospitals from sending away patients based on insurance status, race, gender, national origin, preex…

You and the Cap’n Make It Happen

Can’t get that posterior hip location back into place? Don’t have enough collective muscle in the ED to just brute force the thing to where it belongs? Then leverage the power of simple mechanical advantage and utilize the Captain Morgan te…

Acute Heart Failure Diagnosis in ED

  Many ER residents have found themselves justifying an admission of an acute or decompensated heart failure patient to a skeptical admitting resident. For better or worse, the skepticism is not without reason; an initial ED admission…

Using the LUCAS Device

So how do you use that big fancy LUCAS machine? Pretty easy actually, but worth knowing before your arresting patient arrives. 1) Position the machine on the patient: Put the yellow back plate under the patient; this should be neatly center…

(de) Winter’s Coming

  Want to read an EKG like a 3rd year med student? Recognize ST elevations. Want to blow your attending away with your savant-like EKG mastery? Start learning all the myriad STEMI equivalents. For today: the de Winter’s T-wave. What is…

Keep All Five Boroughs in Stitches

  Looking to up your lac repair game? With a simple modification, the old dependable horizontal mattress stitch can be transformed into the notably improved and versatile modified locking horizontal mattress stitch. This stitch provide…

What We Learned at CORD16

Missed CORD? Here are a few take home thoughts from @BenAzan and @NupurGargMD. This is by no means meant to be comprehensive, but represents the learning points of a couple of senior residents at CORD. – Education – Career in Ac…

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