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Summer 2020: Daunting Diagnosis
A 19-year-old autistic male presents to the ED with his parents for right upper back pain. The patient is a poor historian, and the parents are unable to give any definitive history. There is no recollection of trauma, no obvious musculoskeletal injury, and no cough....
Summer 2020: Medical Student Council
The FCEP Medical Student Council has officially transitioned to a new leadership team. Please welcome our new chair: Patrick Anderson (NSU), our new advocacy chair: Chloe Gould (FIU), and our new secretary-editor: Dan Schaefer (FSU). Our outgoing team did an...
Summer 2020: EMRAF President
I just returned home from my last shift of residency. It seems like, not that long ago, I was walking into my first shift. I don’t remember the details, like how uncomfortable I felt or how little I knew, because during residency, we gain the experience and knowledge...
Summer 2020: Membership & PD
Is it really only July? Why has 2020 felt like the longest year of my life… and we’re only halfway through? From an unprecedented viral pandemic that has changed the way we interact with our world, to the political spotlight on how we deliver medical care, to the...
Summer 2020: Medical Economics
I want to start by stating the obvious: quarterly print media is not well-suited for current updates on the pandemic. So, I want to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. This article contains a lot of complex questions to encourage reflection and dialogue,...
Summer 2020: Government Affairs
Politically, we are in the calm between the storms right now in Florida. After a busy legislative season at the state level this spring, which saw a mixture of wins and losses, we turn our eyes towards the coming months with primaries in August and the general...
Summer 2020: EMS/Trauma
Our world has changed. We are limited by where we can go, who we can see, and the normal everyday tasks that allow us to feel healthy and whole are gone. Not only do we have to wear uncomfortable protective equipment at work, but also we have to wear masks at the gym,...
COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
(Note: There is a lot going on, which makes it difficult to keep up with emerging medical information. Below is a brief discussion of a relatively new pediatric syndrome associated with COVID-19. Readers are encouraged to review the referenced articles for a more...
Summer 2020: ACEP President’s Message
With many of the incremental changes over time, such as reimbursement, consolidation in the health care markets as well as many others, growing numbers of residency programs, and the growing volume of acute unscheduled care outside the ED, a pause for collective...
Summer 2020: FCEP President’s Message
Change is only sometimes wanted, but often needed. Change during times of crisis may be thrust upon us at an exceedingly rapid pace. Life during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought much change that is wanted, needed and, most certainly, thrust upon us. Perception of the...
