Life on The Fast Track
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Case A 70-year-old female with a past medical history of severe COPD presents complaining of dyspnea and right-sided chest pain for 4 days. Triage vital signs include a blood pressure of 201/95 mmHg, heart rate of 87 beats/minute, temperature 36.4 degrees Celsius, respiratory rate of 24 [...]
Don’t Miss This Fracture!
13-year-old male fell on an outstretched hand skate boarding. He has tenderness at the base of his right thumb in the anatomic snuffbox. What fracture would you be concerned about with the above history? You should be worried about possible scaphoid fracture with tenderness in the anato [...]
How to Approach the Residency Fair: Advice From Your GME Chair
Clairisse Hafey, OMS III LECOM- Bradenton What to Wear: Business casual is recommended. What to Expect: This year the ACOEP Residency Fair will be expecting 25-30 ACGME residency programs from various parts of the country that are traditionally “DO-friendly”. Each program will send a co [...]
Mark your Calendars for ACOEP’s RSO Student Symposium
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Lakeland Health
St. Joseph, MI
ACOEP’s Resident Student Organization cordially invites you to the Fall Student Symposium, “Deadly Misses” at Lakeland Health in St. Joseph, Michigan on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
Symposium highlights:
- Rapid Fire Lectures on aortic dissections, strokes, and more
- Tips to avoid deadly mistakes on the interview trail
- Speed dating lunch to network with program directors
- Hands-on skill labs on: adult difficult airways, an ultrasound FAST Exam, and an advanced SIM lab