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Fall 2020: EMS/Trauma
“Just do the next right thing.” While the parents or Disney fans of this group will know this purposely veiled reference, the statement is an exceedingly complex one but an important one nonetheless. 2020 has been a year of confusion and upheaval. 2020 has shown us...
Fall 2020: Pediatric Committee
With everything going on regarding COVID-19, the pediatric emergency medicine committee has been trying to keep Florida’s emergency physicians up to date regarding pediatric care. We started in early April with putting together a handout with all the information we...
Fall 2020: Government Affairs
Unless you’ve gone on complete media blackout, you are likely aware there is an upcoming election. With early voting possibly underway by the time you are reading this, and mail-in voting ongoing, we can really think of this as an election season instead of just...
Fall 2020: ACEP President’s Message
The years are short, but the days are long. This is my last article to FCEP as the ACEP President… and my last speech to Council is coming up soon. I have been thinking quite a bit, not only of this year, but the three decades of both being an emergency physician and...
Fall 2020: FCEP President’s Message
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. - Unknown As emergency medicine physicians, we are taught to take control. Patients come to us in need...
Trends in Exposures to the Florida Poison Control Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has caused notable trends in exposure calls to Florida’s Poison Control Centers (FPCC). Call trends were reviewed from March 1-May 6, 2020 and compared to the same timeframe for the previous year using data from the National...
Case Report: Extensive Pneumomediastinum in a 20-Year-Old
A 20-year-old female presented “emergently” from an Urgent Care complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and facial swelling with crepitus. She presented to a Midwestern Community Hospital with an EM residency associated with a large academic university, and with...
Florida Emergency Nurses Travel Overseas to Learn about Emergency Care
Before COVID-19 changed our world, five emergency nurses — three from Northwest Florida and two from Northcentral Florida — joined other emergency department RNs from around the country on a cultural exchange trip to the Netherlands and Stockholm, Sweden to learn...
Ultrasound Zoom: Lung Ultrasound in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Have you ever asked yourself how your ultrasound probe can be used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic? Well, read on. In my experience, point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC-LUS) has been invaluable in the bedside assessment of patients with respiratory complaints, helping...
Summer 2020: Aventura
Although the coronavirus pandemic drastically affected the practice of both clinical and academic medicine, Aventura residents and faculty continued to contribute in many ways. The CEME Scientific Research Competition was transmitted to booklet form, and ultrasound...
