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Fall 2024: HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
Buenas! We have been busy here in Miami since last year! We have been hard at work welcoming our twelve new residents and getting their hands dirty as they begin their careers in EM (Image 1)! For the third year in a row, a group of second and third-year residents...
Fall 2024: Orlando Health Residency
The year is off to an excellent start here at Orlando Regional Medical Center! We have several exciting updates to share about the program. We have a new class of interns that are flying through their first few months of residency with ease. Our senior class is about...
Fall 2024: The Lakeland Regional Health Emergency Medicine
We are again excited to provide an update about Lakeland Regional Health’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program for EMPulse. We have welcomed another amazing intern class of 15 residents from across the country to our program. Our faculty group continues to expand...
Fall 2024: HCA Florida Brandon Hospital Emergency Medicine
Welcome to the HCA Florida Brandon Hospital Emergency Medicine Program! Over the past year, our team has demonstrated exceptional dedication and hard work, leading to significant progress and transformative changes. We begin with a heartfelt acknowledgment of our...
Winter 2023: University of South Florida
Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays from the University of South Florida’s Emergency Residency family! First congratulations are in order for this year’s fellowship matches! 6 of our 10 amazing residents from the Class of 2024 are pursuing fellowship opportunities...
A Message to Our Donors: The Future of the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center
Your generous contributions to the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center (EMLRC) over the years have helped us provide cutting edge training programs, hands-on education utilizing state-of-the-art simulation and technology, and didactic instruction to...
Social Emergency Medicine: Naloxone out of the ED and into the Community
Background Recent events, including the tragic rash of opioid overdose deaths in Broward County, FL, have highlighted the continued toll that the opioid epidemic has on communities and healthcare systems across the state of Florida. Opioid overdoses remain an epidemic...
The Impact of Covid-19 on Influenza Incidence at a Community Hospital
Since its emergence in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) has been compared with endemic influenza (Stowe et al., 2021; Chotpitayasunondh et al., 2020; Belingheri et al., 2020; Belongia et al., 2020: Iacobucci et al. 2020). These...
Successful Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy with Catheter-Directed Embolectomy
Introduction: Currently there are no treatment guidelines for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy and limited data exist to help guide treatment strategies. Catheter-directed embolectomy can be a viable consideration and offers the benefit of decreased...
Bilateral Pneumothoraces After Trigger Point Injection Therapy: A Case Report
ABSTRACT Introduction Trigger point injections (TPIs) are a common, seemingly benign treatment for myofascial pain. One possible, but rare, adverse event associated with TPI is pneumothorax. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of TPI-associated bilateral...
