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Defining Emergency

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I originally wrote this piece in December, 2010. When thinking about emergency room settings, even, one can easily correlate the words of Webster to what one would necessitate to be a situation requiring emergency medical treatment. Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences. Broken bones. A heart attack. A cardiac arrest.

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The Witness

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Following ACLS protocol, we hurriedly shocked this patient several times, performed CPR and administered multiple doses of medications to combat this rhythm. Despite our aggressive medications and interventions, this patient returned to a pulseless ventricular tachycardia. More medications were given. More shocks followed.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

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The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. growth in the U.S.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Please join me and hundreds of medical organizations in standing with AHRQ and preserving its vital contributions to the health of all Americans. ** For the past 30 years, a little-known U.S. Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency.