1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, K...

among U.S. Emergency Department Patients with Acute Pyelonephritis Gregory Moran, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; Anusha Krishnadasan, PhD; William Mower, MD, PhD; Fredrick Abrahamian, DO; Sukhjit Takhar, MD; David Talan, MD FIDSA, FACEP; The EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group; Emergency Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLAMedical Center, Sylmar, CA; Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at ...

In response to public pressure for greater accountability from the medical profession, a transformation is occurring in the approach to medical education and assessment of physician competency. Over the past 5 years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has implemented the Outcomes and General Competencies projects to better ensure that physicians are appropriately t...

Currently, there is no internationally recognised, standard curriculum that defines the basic minimum standards for emergency medicine education. To address this, the International Federation for Emergency Medicine convened a committee of international experts in emergency medicine and international emergency medicine development to outline a global curriculum for medical students in emergency ...

1332. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Patients with an Incised and Drained Cutaneous Abscess David Talan, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; William Mower, MD, PhD; Fredrick Abrahamian, DO; Anusha Krishnadasan, PhD; Frank Lovecchio, DO, MPH; David Karras, MD; Mark Steele, MD; Richard Rothman, MD, PhD; Gregory Moran, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; Emergenc...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in emergency workers and determine the factors associated with outcomes. METHODS Seven databases were consulted (Medline via Pubmed, PsycINFO, LILACS, SciELO, BDENF, DISASTERS, and MEDCARIB) between September 10 and 25, 2009. The search only included articles published in Portuguese, English or Spanish between 2004 a...

This study aimed to identify occupational risk factors the professionals of Basic and Advanced Emergency Life Support are exposed. Semi-structured interview was used. The study subjects were 40 workers who are part of two Emergency Healthcare System teams in a city of São Paulo State-Brazil. Most workers identified the following risk factors: physical (high temperature and environmental noise l...

In 2001, "The Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine" was first published. This document, the first of its kind, was the result of an extensive practice analysis of emergency department (ED) visits and several expert panels, overseen by representatives from six collaborating professional organizations (the American Board of Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Phy...