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Notes From the Field: Reducing Harm Among Injection Drug Users During and After the Emergency Department Visit
Harm reduction is a public health approach that aims to reduce the harms associated with a health risk behavior, short of eliminating the behavior itself. [1] The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the urgency of maintaining and expanding healthcare and harm reduction...
Winter 2022: Orlando Health
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… flu season! Just kidding. Winter is off to a great start here at ORMC. We recently completed renovations at our behavioral health unit to allow for a more comfortable, safe, and secure environment for both our patients and...
Forging International Care Connections During the Delta Surge: A Reflection on Providing COVID-19 Medical Relief to India
Just as Florida came off its second COVID-19 surge this past spring and mass vaccination efforts were in full swing, the Delta variant began ravaging India. The headlines of death and despair dominated the news, and the impact on one of the most populous countries in...
Winter 2022: Government Affairs
As we head into 2022, we have seen the practice of medicine and healthcare as a whole become a lightning rod in politics at both the state and federal level. While all political discussion has become extremely polarized, your advocacy team at FCEP has stayed above the...
Top 10 Most Viewed EMpulse Articles in 2021
Ultrasound Zoom: The Vexus Score: Fluid Status, Reconsidered by Drs. Ernesto Weisson, Joshua Goldstein, Duyen Vo & Leila Posaw - 4,485 views Case Report: False Positive HIV due to p24 Antigen and CD4 Lymphocytopenia by Dr. Jason Wilson, Heather Henderson &...
Winter 2022 EMS/Trauma: Too Much of a Good Thing: Excessive Ventilation
Clinicians who manage respiratory failure in the emergency setting are likely familiar with the dangers of excessive tidal volumes. When we deliver oversized breaths, our patients are harmed through barotrauma, impaired venous return, reduced coronary perfusion...
Melissa Keahey Named as FCEP/FEMF Interim Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2021 Orlando, Fla – The Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) and the Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation (FEMF), two nonprofit organizations located at the Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC), are...
Symposium by the Sea 2021: Virtual Competitions
Virtual 2021 Emergency Medicine Research Competition Awards Best Medical Student Project: Efficacy of High-Sensitivity Troponin I Assay for Ruling in Acute Coronary Syndrome in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Over a One-Year Period by Kelly Perryman, BS [15],...
Symposium by the Sea 2021 Recap
Annual Meeting Recap On August 5, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians held its annual meeting at the Naples Grande Beach Resort before Symposium by the Sea 2021 officially began. This meeting hosts the transition of the guard for FCEP leadership, along with...
Fall 2021: USF
Greetings from the EM family here at USF/TGH. We have some exciting updates to share. We are very proud of our residents and faculty who have been working hard facing the most recent Covid surge. TGH has been on the forefront of treating patients with monoclonal...
