Emergency Medicine
There are 120 On Demand Archives in this Category.
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- Be Your Own Patient Advocate Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Matt RiceTopic Info:Learn how the ER works. How does the triage process work? Our expert guest will tell you how to be prepared and what you can do to help take back some control as a patient. We will help you become your own advocates inside the ER.Show Date:8 / 26 / 2011 - An Overview of Emergency Department Technology
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Guest(s):Dr. Christopher MooreTopic Info:How has technology revolutionized emergency medicine? Learn about the different tests available in ER's today that help diagnose problems that years ago might have required admission to the hospital and surgery? Our emergency physician guest is an expert ...Show Date:8 / 26 / 2011 - Depression, Anxiety and Peer Pressure in Teens Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Lee BenjaminTopic Info:As teens get ready to head back to school and go off to college, what information do we need to provide them to keep them safe? There’s a lot of pressure to succeed, fit in, make major life changes, etc. What effects do these pressures have on their hea ...Show Date:8 / 8 / 2011 - Drug Abuse in Teens
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Guest(s):Dr. William RogersTopic Info:What are emergency physicians seeing in their ERs specific to overdoses? Is pop culture influencing it, with high-profile celebrities in the news with drug problems and drug related deaths. What type of drugs are being abused the most? What do they do to ...Show Date:8 / 8 / 2011 -
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Young Adults Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Catherine MarcoTopic Info:What are emergency physicians seeing in the ER when it comes to STDs in teens/young adults? What information do doctors have to provide to them? Our expert guest joins Dr. Leigh to discuss these issues and what can be done to keep our teens safe.Show Date:8 / 8 / 2011 - Dangers of Energy Drink Four Loko
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Guest(s):Dr. Kelly ClearyTopic Info:Dr. Kelly Cleary, co-author of a new study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine examining teens affected by the alcoholic energy drink Four Loko will join us to discuss her research. Why is this study important? Why is this drink particularly harmful ...Show Date:8 / 8 / 2011 - The Myths and Realities of Emergency Care
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Guest(s):Dr. Jay KaplanTopic Info:We hear it all of the time. Emergency care is expensive and full of patients who really don’t need to be there causing overcrowding. We have been promised that health care reform will solve this overcrowding problem. What is fact and what is fiction? ...Show Date:7 / 15 / 2011 - Urgent Care vs. Emergency Care
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Guest(s):Dr. David SklarTopic Info:What is urgent care and what is the difference between urgent care and emergency care? Dr. Savid Sklar joins Dr. Leigh to help outline the differences between the two. Dr. Sklar will discuss when a person should seek emergency care versus urgent care.Show Date:7 / 15 / 2011 - Why Are Emergency Departments in America Closing? Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Renee HsiaTopic Info:Emergency department closures is becoming a serious problem in America and making it more difficult for patients in some areas to find emergency care when it's needed most! A new study in JAMA looks at what factors affect these closures. We will talk wit ...Show Date:7 / 15 / 2011 -
Dog Bite Prevention
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Guest(s):Alison S. Tothy, M.D.Topic Info:Even the cuddliest, fuzziest, sweetest pup can bite if provoked. Most people are bitten by their own dog or one they know. Some owners actually promote aggression in their dogs or allow aggression to go unchecked. Dr Alison Tothy, Pediatric Emergency Medi ...Show Date:6 / 15 / 2011 - Brain Attack – What is a Stroke? Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Juan FitzTopic Info:May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Almost 800,000 people have a stroke every year and about 140,000 Americans die from a stroke every year. Stroke is a medical emergency and time is of the essence if you are having a stroke! We now think of a stroke ...Show Date:5 / 20 / 2011 - Stroke in Women Featured
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Guest(s):Carolyn Cronin, M.D., Ph.D.Topic Info:Did you know that 425, 000 women have a stroke every year that , that's 55,000 more cases annually than men. According to the CDC 6 out of every 10 deaths due to stroke were in women. We will talk to our expert, Dr. Carolyn Cronin to learn about unique ri ...Show Date:5 / 20 / 2011 - Stroke in Children
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Guest(s):Dr. Mark MackayTopic Info:Although it’s rare, children and young adults can have strokes. In fact number of hospitalizations for teens and young adults with stroke is rising. A new study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine looks at early detection of stroke in children in the ...Show Date:5 / 20 / 2011 -
One ER Physician's Personal Experience Surviving a Stroke
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Guest(s):Dr. Diana FiteTopic Info:We will get a unique inside view from a stroke survivor who is also an ER physician. Dr. Diana Fite joins Dr. Leigh to talk about her life-threatening stroke back in 2007 that occurred while she was driving. She’ll discuss what she knew what to do in ...Show Date:5 / 20 / 2011 -
Pediatric Trauma Centers; How To Get The Best Care Possible
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Guest(s):Dr Sage Myers, M.D.Topic Info:Dr Sage Myers comes on the show to discuss the study that showed that most injured children are not being treated at pediatric trauma centers, arguably the most appropriate location of care for young patients. This study was presented May 2, 2011, at the ...Show Date:5 / 18 / 2011 - What is the "Just 2% Campaign"?
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Guest(s):Dr. Andy BernTopic Info:ACEP has just kicked off their “Just 2%” campaign. Emergency care accounts for only 2 percent of the nation’s health care dollars annualy, and many lawmakers believe that it is the most expensive type of medical care...nothing is further from the tr ...Show Date:5 / 6 / 2011 - Can ER Visits be Prevented?
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Guest(s):Dr. Jesse PinesTopic Info:In order to save healthcare dollars, the newest ER trend in several states, is to try to prevent patients from going to the ER. Not only will this NOT save money...it may be putting patients in jeopardy! Dr. Jesse Pines, director of the Center for Healthc ...Show Date:5 / 6 / 2011 - Medical Liability Reform Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Arlo WeltgeTopic Info:Medical liability is one of the parameters that ACEP used in their recent national report card which affects access to emergency care in this country. Dr. Arlo Weltge, ACEP Council Speaker, will be on to talk about how Medical Liability Reform is working ...Show Date:5 / 6 / 2011 -
The Value of Emergency Medicine Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Andy KahnTopic Info:How do you measure the value of emergency medicine? Dr. Andy Kahn knows what it’s like to expect the unexpected. He joins the show to share real life stories from ER physicians who perform miracles everyday, including how he himself brought a newborn ba ...Show Date:5 / 6 / 2011 - STD Awareness Month, An ER Overview Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Kurtland MaTopic Info:April is Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month. While STD's are often not true medical emergencies they are frequently seen in the ER. We will discuss commonly seen STDs such as Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HIV and HPV. We will discuss their health ...Show Date:4 / 8 / 2011
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