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Fall 2022: Government Affairs
The primaries are now over and all eyes have turned to the general election on November 8. This year’s election in Florida is an influential one. After redistricting during the last session (and all of the drama that followed), every single state Representative and...
SBS 2022 Annual Meeting Recap
Annual Meeting Recap On August 4, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians held its annual Board meeting at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point. This meeting features the transition of the guard for FCEP leadership, along with the conferring of awards. FCEP Officers...
Fall 2022: HCA Kendall Hospital
‘¡Que bola!’ from Miami! Summer is coming to an end and we couldn’t be more proud of our new interns. For the first time since Covid, we are re-incorporating some of the best parts of our residency. Our program director, Dr. Valori Slane, is currently abroad leading...
Fall 2022: Broward Health
Greetings from the emergency family here at Broward Health. It has been a busy year over here in sunny South Florida. 2021 was the first year of our program, and we sure have hit the ground running. Everyone in the intern class excelled not only in the emergency...
Fall 2022: Membership and Professional Development
Greetings from the MPD team at FCEP! We are absolutely thrilled with the turnout and outcome of Symposium by the Sea this year! The event went off without a hitch thanks to the amazing FCEP staff who brought it all together. This year saw the return of resident...
Going to the Beach to Catch the Peaked T-Waves: Heat Stroke Causing Multiorgan Failure
Introduction An undifferentiated, unresponsive patient provides a unique challenge in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with heat stroke after polysubstance use, who was found to have rhabdomyolysis, severe hyperkalemia, and multiple organ...
Fall 2022: North Florida EM
Hello from North Florida! As everyone settles into the new academic year, we are excited to welcome some familiar faces into new roles at our program. Dr. DJ Martin has joined as core faculty and will be assuming a larger role in resident education. He will be...
Fall 2022: USF
Greetings from the USF family here. It’s been an exciting time as the new interns have settled in, completing their boot camp and ultrasound training like pros. This year, we were able to bring back the resident retreat and welcomed everyone with some BBQ, kayaking,...
Fall 2022: EMS/Trauma
FAEMSMD Update: For this update, we will cover the September EMS Medical Director/FAEMSMD meeting. President Dr. Abo introduced the Deputy Secretary of Health for Florida, Dr. Ken Scheppke, who presented the highly successful Addiction Stabilization and Management...
“The Perfect Patient” – Mindful Narcan Use in the Opioid Epidemic
Opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to be on the rise. There was a 30% increase in deaths caused by overdoses from 2019-2020 nationwide, and a continued 15% rise from 2020-2021. [1] Some have called this the “epidemic within the pandemic.” As synthetic opioids like...
