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Posts about Emergency Medicine

Introducing The Right Script: An Antibiotic Stewardship Audio Course

Prescribing antibiotics in the outpatient setting is more complex than it gets credit for. We’re balancing evolving guidelines, limited face-to-face time, patient expectations, and a growing public health threat: antimicrobial resistance.

Jackie McDevitt-Capetola, PA-C
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Palliative Care in the ED

Starting the conversation about code status and goals of care in the ED matters. Not infrequently, we’re caring for patients with life-threatening injuries, advanced age, or serious medical comorbidities. Our training prepares us to stabilize these acute conditions, but in doing so, we often establish a trajectory for the rest of the hospital stay—one that profoundly impacts both the patient and their family. Having these conversations...

Amber Sheeley, PA-C
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The Lidocaine Hack: Warming Up to Pain-Free ER Laceration Repairs

Working in the ER often feels like trying to perform surgery while riding on a rollercoaster. Between the chaos of nonstop patients and the art of keeping everyone (mostly) comfortable, every little hack counts. 

Ross Cohen, DO
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MMR Vaccines in the Time of Measles Outbreak

It is tragic that in 2025, measles—a fully preventable disease—has caused two deaths (at the time of writing) and sickened hundreds across the United States. With outbreaks making headlines, patients are flooding our inboxes and exam rooms with urgent questions:

Katie Iverson, PA-C
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Is Cervical Spine Manipulation All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

When Brit Long brought us another segment, "High Risk, Low Prevalence: Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection" in his High Risk/Low Prevalence series on ERcast, he dove deep into the world of spontaneous arterial dissections, particularly cervical artery dissections (SCAD). While the term “spontaneous” suggests these cases occur without a clear cause, studies show that up to 40% of SCAD cases follow minor trauma—and among the suspected...

Matthew DeLaney, MD
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Dealing with Difficult Healthcare Consultants: Strategies for Navigating Tough Conversations

Every hospital has one. Maybe it’s the cardiologist who's never “impressed” by the EKG. The urologist who insists  that every stone should go home with a follow-up. Or that one hospitalist who never quite  understands why social admissions exist. 

Matthew Hall, CRNP
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Critical Care Musings

January’s critical care topics go hand in hand, thinking about sepsis management and specifically septic shock with early initiation of vasopressors in the form of microdose pressors. In the segment “Upstairs Rumblings: What I Wish ER Docs Knew About Septic Shock,” Dr. David Page lays out a great argument for early treatment of possible septic shock with antibiotics, fluid, and pressors when needed. Before we go there, however, let’s take...

Drew Kalnow, DO
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Let’s Review Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOACs)

If you’ve ever worked an ED at 3 AM during a holiday weekend, you know what’s coming: a patient visiting from out of town presents with a radiology report that is positive for a DVT. With no hematology or cardiology consults available, no access to the patient’s records, and the clock ticking, you’re left to manage the situation.

Tiffany Proffitt, DO
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The State of AI in Emergency Medicine

When I joined a Family Medicine practice in July 2004, fresh out of PA school, I was fortunate enough to share an office space with Dr. Robert Wettach, a 76-year-old GP who had spent decades caring for patients in a small town in southeast Iowa. Semi-retired, he still saw patients a few days a week, but his real passion was storytelling.

Amber Sheeley, PA-C
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Rub Some Gel on It? Alternative NSAIDs for Acute Low Back Pain

Acute low back pain is one of the most common reasons patients present to the emergency department. Yet, when it comes to evidence-based management, our approaches often feel like “dealer’s choice.”  We know NSAIDs are better than muscle relaxers and opioids, but what about topical options?

Amber Sheeley, PA-C
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New Year, New Look—But the Same Hippo You Know and Love

At Hippo Education, our mission has always been simple: 

Empower the people of medicine to learn, grow, and thrive through education and community.

Aaron Bright, MD
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Tech in Medicine: Are Smartwatches Changing the Way We Practice?

Smartwatches and other wearable fitness trackers are everywhere—and they’re doing way more than counting steps. These devices now track heart rate variability (HRV), flag irregular heart rhythms, and even record single-lead ECGs. Cool, right? But what happens when a patient walks in with their wrist buzzing and a bunch of data they want us to interpret? Let’s dive into the world of wearables and what they mean for us as healthcare...

Suzette Iverson, PA-C
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