Life on The Fast Track
Why Talk Flu During a Pandemic?
Taylor A. Klein, MS, OMS-IV Nicholas S. Bowman, OMS-IV If conversations in your household are anything like ours, we are rapidly approaching our regularly scheduled influenza debate. The arguments are numerous: “That vaccine never works anyway.” “Any time I get that vaccine, I get the f [...]
Investigating Inversions To A Tee
Jeff Thekkekara, OMS-IV, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences The discovery of the electrocardiogram (ECG) by the Dutch physiologist, Dr. Wilhelm Einthoven, would eventually win him the Nobel Prize in 1924, but he could not have done so without the knowledge that came befo [...]
A Thing Not Looked for Is Seldom Found
Alyka Glor Fernandez, OMS-IV Mitchell Dean Maulfair, DO A previously healthy 16-year-old male presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He woke up with abdominal pain that steadily worsened and was unrelieved by a dose of over the counter simethico [...]
Mark your Calendars for ACOEP’s Spring Seminar
April 14-17, 2019
RSO Event Dates: TBD
ACOEP’s Spring Seminar is the perfect opportunity for residents and students to learn from some of the top names in emergency medicine. Residents are invited to join lectures, labs and network at the College’s events. Students can take advantage of the Spring Seminar Symposium – a one-day event that will be filled with hands-on learning and competitions – as well as lectures from EM medical professionals. There will also be RSO social events that will run throughout the week, giving residents and students the chance to unwind after each day’s educational events.