The MedEDge Design Lab

Notecards In Verse

More emergency medicine literature in verse, inspired by a new Remington-style typewriter app on my iPhone. The clinical pearl, along with the reference literature can be found by clicking on the […]

Tools to Live by

Tools to Live by – Infectious Disease App

My recent post about subjectivity in clinical practice, and its central, […]

Education

Notecards in Verse

Inspiration comes from the strangest places. Yes, I studied English and Philosophy as an undergrad, but I wouldn’t have considered iambic pentameter as a tool for EM education. Then again, […]

Education

The EMBER Project’s Education Manifesto – An Introduction

An underground handbook for surviving and thriving on your shifts […]

Education

The Rules of the Road

One of the things I’ve learned in Emergency Medicine is that if we don’t define ourselves then others will be more than willing to do it for us. The struggle […]

Tools to Live by

Tools to Live By – iPhone Calculator Tip

In a highly technical world, sometimes it’s the little things […]

Education

RUSH – Excelling at the Bedside

One of the areas that Emergency Medicine excels in is the rapid assessment of patients at the bedside, and as such it makes sense that we should be leaders in […]

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Busy Health News Day Over @NYTs

It’s been a busy news day in health over at the New York Times. There are two good articles to read. The first is yet another great piece on the […]

Tools to Live by

Smart Phones & Emergency Medicine

iPhones and iPads (we can start calling them smartphones and tablets when there is actually some competition) are continuing to revolutionize medicine. This article in the New York Times technology […]

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Who Are Emergency Physicians?

I have often tried to explain to friends and family what it is I do, since I find it hard to describe all of the aspects of my job in […]

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I See Dead People – A Journey Into Medicine’s Heart of Darkness

Does anyone remember the movie, The Sixth Sense? The twist, […]

Education

Hot off the Press

I used to love all those “myths in medicine lectures” as a resident. For a while I collected evidence-based Myth-buster articles like trophies, and to me the truth hunters who […]

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Keeping It Together

It’s about that time of year when senior residents are accepting their first jobs and getting ready to kick ass. I remember being shocked when I started residency by how […]

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The Daily Cup – Feeling Human Again

Coffee and doctors seem synonymous, but there is another reason it finds its way onto this blog. The EMBER Project is about exploring all aspects of daily life for emergency […]

Tools to Live by

Tools to Live By – PediStat

I can remember as a resident some of my mentors throwing up their hands in despair when I couldn’t remember the normal respiratory rate for a 3 yr old. Now, […]

Education

The Nurse’s Station

This blog has a new page! If I’m really going to reflect life in the Emergency Department then it needs to include every aspect of the daily concerns of those […]

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