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Florida Committee Report: Week 6
Governor DeSantis released his 2020-21 budget recommendations, which includes $54.8 M in total funding to fight the opioid epidemic and invests $12.4 million from the State Opioid Response Grant to provide evidence-based prevention, medication-assisted treatment (MAT)...
EMNews Now: 11/13/19
A new issue of FCEP's weekly enewsletter is now available.About EMNews Now: EMNews Now reaches FCEP members and individual subscribers every Wednesday at 8:00 am. It is the most comprehensive update of "what's happening now" at FCEP and EMLRC.
Fall 2019: Help, I Can’t Move My Legs!
Abstract The approach to a patient complaining of weakness includes three key components: distinction of muscle weakness vs. motor impairment, localization of the site of the lesion, and determining the cause of the lesion. In an undifferentiated patient, weakness is...
Fall 2019: A Proactive Approach to Workplace Safety
A 2018 survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) reported that eight out of 10 ED physicians believe violence has harmed patient care in their facility, and of those surveyed, more than half report that other patients have been physically harmed....
Fall 2019: Understanding Medicare for All
Healthcare reform continues to be an important issue concerning most Americans. A multitude of social problems arise when millions of Americans cannot afford medical insurance: poor health outcomes, inappropriate use of the emergency room, poor preventive care habits...
Fall 2019: Beyond the Horizon
In May, members of the FIU-FAST team once again participated in a medical mission with the U.S. Military. We worked with the US Army and Marines and Guatemalan medical personnel, seeing patients in tents set up in the town-square of Guatemala’s third-largest city,...
Fall 2019: Memories of Lisa
They’re both probably gone now. They were the elderly parents of my 17-year-old patient. She was their love child. It was a time before Trauma Centers. Hospitals and physicians were not prepared to respond to the massive trauma she had endured. I was in a hospital...
Fall 2019: USF Morsani
Aequanimitas: a term meaning imperturbability or coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril.* This is a quality regarded by Sir William Osler as the premier quality of a good physician....
Fall 2019: UF Jax
It was a pleasure for all of us at UF–Jax to meet our colleagues from across the state at Symposium. There were lots of great lectures, presentations and competitions throughout the weekend. Emergency medicine is definitely picking up steam in our state. Thanks to all...
Fall 2019: AdventHealth East Orlando
Hello from AdventHealth East Orlando. Starting strong this academic year was our focus, with each class transitioning to new roles and preparing for medical students to rotate through the ED in hopes of a residency spot. To increase the academic nature of our...
