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jstgeorgemd

Assistant professor in Emergency Medicine with international, academic, community, and rural experience. Interests in medical education & innovation #FOAM, #airway #resuscitation.

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Has Your AMS Patient Been Using K2?

All of us in Emergency Medicine have been getting an accelerated education on dealing with the adverse effects of synthetic cannabinoids on our patients. K2 or Spice has become so popular […]

Education

Under Construction

Some of you may have noticed that The EMBER Project’s site has a new look. Don’t worry the blog is still here (you can find it on the sliding menu […]

Education

Design Challenge Innovators Yesterday was our EM Innovation in Education Design challenge. We had participants from our faculty and residents, and also some really talented medical students on their sub-internship […]

Education

Design Challenge-Bridging the Education Gap

The EMBER Project’s Design Challenge is on! We want to bridge the education gap, move beyond just a few adopters of FOAM, and encourage physician educators of all levels to […]

Airway

Improving Your Laryngeal View

Zen Airway and Poetry Inspired by Haiku Deck There are many reasons to love Haiku Deck. For educators it’s an easy way to free your knowledge from the Powerpoint prison […]

Education

Sick Or Not Sick? An Essential EP Skill

A new series is here on the EMBER Project and a new educational tool. Check out the post below for both! And don’t forget to take the quiz when you’re […]

Education

The Changing Paradigm of VTE Care

The EMBER Project is having a good day. Despite the cold and snow on our first day of spring, it’s also the first of what I hope will be many […]

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Why is the CDC Still Selling Tamiflu?

In a recent post I asked,” Who are the Stewards of Healthcare?” The CDC comes to mind. Its roll to protect the public from diseases both new and old make it an […]

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Surgical Airway Summary

Our online walkabout on the emergency surgical airway is coming to an end. I hope you’ve found this helpful, I know I enjoyed doing it. The emergent cricothyroidotomy presents many educational […]

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May the Airway be Ever in Your Favor!

Presentation for the 2014 Airway Course @NYP This year I’m giving the lecture on emergency cricothyrotomy at our annual airway course. This is a relatively simple procedure, but it’s mastery presents […]

Education

C-Spine Clearance (Hawaiian Style)

After two wonderful years in Hawaii, I’m returning to New York to take up new clinical and educational challenges. Before I do, I thought it was appropriate to send one […]

Education

Who are the stewards of healthcare?

I met a father yesterday in our ED who didn’t want antibiotics for his child’s otitis media. He had read that a wait and see approach with appropriate analgesia might […]

Education

Case Reports from the

Here is a slightly different twist on Virchow’s triad, and one that I had not seen before until yesterday: a spontaneous upper extremity DVT (Paget Schroetter Disease) in an otherwise […]

Education

Great Potential

I was going to use this post to talk about potential spaces in the body until I made the mistake of mentioning it to a surgical friend of mine (yes, […]

Education

It’s De-lightful, it’s De-lovely, it’s De-winter?

New STEMI equivalents keep showing up all the time. What […]

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Can Anyone Tell Me How I Got Here?

Tales of the Cunningham technique and one EP’s eventual journey to success through reverse engineering The successful practice of medicine hinges on two things. A detailed grasp of medical knowledge, […]

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Author Archives

jstgeorgemd

Has Your AMS Patient Been Using K2?

Under Construction

Design Challenge Innovators

Design Challenge-Bridging the Education Gap

Improving Your Laryngeal View

Sick Or Not Sick? An Essential EP Skill

The Changing Paradigm of VTE Care

Why is the CDC Still Selling Tamiflu?

Surgical Airway Summary

May the Airway be Ever in Your Favor!

C-Spine Clearance (Hawaiian Style)

Who are the stewards of healthcare?

Case Reports from the

Great Potential

It’s De-lightful, it’s De-lovely, it’s De-winter?

Can Anyone Tell Me How I Got Here?