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Don’t Miss This Fracture!
Brittany McShane, PGY-2 Norman Regional Health System, Norman, OK 13-year-old male fell on an outstretched hand skateboarding. He has tenderness at the base of his right thumb in the anatomic snuffbox. What fracture would you be concerned about with the above history? You should be worried about a p [...]
How to Approach the Residency Fair: Advice From Your GME Chair
Clairisse Hafey, OMS III LECOM- Bradenton What to Wear: Business casual is recommended. What to Expect: This year the ACOEP Residency Fair will be expecting 25-30 ACGME residency programs from various parts of the country that are traditionally “DO-friendly”. Each program will send a combination of [...]
Get to know Reading Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Program
Hospital Location: Reading, PA Program size: 8 residents per year, with planned expansion Program length: 3 years Emergency department beds: Approximately 120 beds in the ER ED visits per year: 136,000 Trauma center: Level 1 trauma center Q&A with Program Director Dr. Kristen Sandel Q: Any avail [...]
EM Board Review
1. Which patient is LEAST at risk of experiencing a heat related emergency? A. 80-year-old male with a past medical history of congestive heart failure on sertraline and tramadol B. 3-year-old female accidentally left in a vehicle on a hot summer day C. 40-year-old male with a past medical history [...]
AEROS Meeting Recap
Dhimitri Nikolla, DO RSO President AHN Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA. On April 22, 2018, Kaitlin Bowers, DO (RSO Past-President), Kristen Kennedy, M.Ed. (ACOEP Director of Education Services), and myself attended and participated in the inaugural All EM Resident Organizations and Students (AEROS) [...]
Spring Seminar Pearls Matching Game
Dhimitri Nikolla, DO RSO President AHN Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA. Did you attend our RSO events at Spring Seminar 2018? See if you can recall some pearls from our RSO events and the general lectures by matching each number with the correct letter! Patients leaving AMA are often… Sodium chann [...]
ACOEP-RSO President and Director of Student Affairs’ Report
Welcome to the Summer edition of The Fast Track! The RSO has had a busy spring! First, Spring Seminar was a huge success! On April 6th, we held our student symposium and received tons of positive feedback. The day began with rapid fire lectures featuring pearls on ventilator management, common toxic [...]
Letter From The Editor- Summer 2018
The summer edition of The Fast Track is here! From meditation to board review to Spring Seminar knowledge pearls, this edition has a ton of great content! You can head on over to The Fast Track current edition page on our website weekly to read new articles or follow our Twitter and Facebook pages t [...]
How to Be That Person Without Being THAT Person…Tips and Tricks for a Successful Emergency Medicine Rotation
Emily Howell, OMS-IV LECOM-Bradenton As emergency medicine becomes more competitive, audition rotations have become increasingly important. These rotations offer the opportunity for programs to assess a candidate’s potential for residency while allowing the candidate to experience potential training [...]
How Can You Prepare For A Successful EM Match?
Jacob Schwab, OMS-II WVSOM Timothy Bikman, OMS-IV WVSOM I recently interviewed National Student Past-President, Tim Bikman. Emergency medicine has become a highly competitive specialty, but there are things you can do each year to set yourself up for success on Match Day. Tim’s answers to the follow [...]