Wed.Feb 26, 2025

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National Burn Awareness Week 2025: A Powerful Week of Impact and Engagement

American Burn Association

Categories Advocacy Burn News MAC Spotlight Media Member Services Member Spotlight Organization News Prevention Quality Care Research Return to News & Activities National Burn Awareness Week (NBAW) 2025 was an incredible success, thanks to the dedication of the burn care community, member burn centers, and the tireless efforts of the ABA Burn Prevention Committee.

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FACEPs in the Crowd: From Medicine to the Kitchen: Dr. Elie’s Journey of Heritage and Healing

ACEP Now

For Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP, a trailblazing physician and academic leader, the journey to the kitchen took a little longer than the journey to the top of her field. Dr. Elie is the first Black woman to be named professor and chair of an academic emergency medicine department at a major American medical school, the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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The EMT and The Sea

EMS 20/20

of bodily fluid. The guys set sail on an adventure to see what they can find on a particularly. sticky. call. Also. IT ENDS WITH A SONG! of bodily fluid. The guys set sail on an adventure to see what they can find on a particularly. sticky. call. Also. IT ENDS WITH A SONG!

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Chest pain followed by 6 days of increasing dyspnea -- what happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Magnus Nossen, edits by Smith The patient in today's case is an 85-year-old male with a history of COPD and dementia. He presented to the emergency department for evaluation. Lets us consider two different clinical presentations. How will you manage this patient in each scenario? Scenario 1 : The patient presents with 24 hours of substernal chest pain.

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EM Runs in the Family

ACEP Now

If you ask Sullivan Sully Smith, MD, FACEP, he says his kids paid the price for his medical service to the community of Cookeville, Tennessee. As an emergency physician, Dr. Sully Smith missed birthday parties, tee-ball games and an entire season of soccer. He imagined his absence would push his four children far away from following in his medical footsteps.

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