Emergency Care and the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from Dreamland
by Melody Glenn, MD Last Wednesday, we met around a picnic table at Rotten City Pizza to discuss Sam Quinones’

Are Emergency Physicians the EMS experts that many think they are?
by Clayton Kazan, MD MS FACEP I suppose I am biased. Like many of the readers, I got my start

The EMS-ED Handoff: A Critical Moment in Patient Care
A Case It is a typical day in the emergency department. An 83 yo female is brought in by EMS

Screening & Treating: EMS and the Sepsis Care Continuum
by Elizabeth Odom, MD MPH EMS MEd editor: Maia Dorsett MD PhD (@maiadorsett) Case Scenario It’s a hot summer day

Synthetic Opioid Overdose: Practical Considerations for Emergency Medical Services
by Aurora Lybeck, MD and M. Riccardo Colella, DO Abstract: First responders, including Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire departments, and

When You’re Stuck in the Middle: Caring for Residents During Major Events.
by Tom Grawey, DO Case Scenario: It is the first couple hours of your shift on the rig while you\’re

Articles in Review: The 2018 LLSA for EMS
The 2018 EMS Subspecialty LLSA Articles have been released by ABEM. The Communications Committee has put together the following review
California’s Quest for Evidence-Based EMS Protocols: Chest Pain
by P. Brian Savino, MD; Melody Glenn, MD; Karl A. Sporer, MD Paramedics respond the scene of a 65-year-old male

Book Club Sessions: Evicted, Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Melody Glenn, MD Perhaps the success of Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, Poverty and Profit in the American City,
