American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Joseph Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM, Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee and Senior Vice President of MS2, a health care consulting firm and Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO FAAEM, an emergency physician at UPMC Hamot in Eire, PA, discuss solutions to address emergency department overcrowding. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM, Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee and Senior Vice President of MS2, a health care consulting firm and Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO FAAEM, an emergency physician at UPMC Hamot in Eire, PA, discuss solutions to address emergency department overcrowding. Intro music by SaReGaMa, "Sky is the Limit," from the album "Sky is the Limit," powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM, Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee and Senior Vice President of MS2, a health care consulting firm and Tom Scaletta, MD FAAEM, President, Smart-ER; ED Chair at Edward Hospital (Naperville, IL); and Past President of AAEM discuss solutions to address emergency department over-utilizers. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

Christopher Cammarata, DO, emergency physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, interviews Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO FAAEM, an emergency physician at UPMC Hamot in Eire, PA. Dr. Cammarata and Dr. Mirarchi will discuss advanced directives in emergency medicine. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Todd Slesinger, MD FAAEM, Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency at Aventura Hospital in Florida about non-invasive positive pressure, the types of delivery, and specific disease processes it may help. Intro music by NICOCO, "Quiberon," from the album "Nicoco," powered by JAMENDO.

David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Tiffany Osborn, MD MPH FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Acute and Critical Care Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Drs. Farcy and Osborn discuss the PROMISE Trial. Intro music by NICOCO, "Quiberon," from the album "Nicoco," powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM, ED Chair at Ochsner Hospital (New Orleans, LA) and Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee, interviews Joseph Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM, Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee and Senior Vice President of MS2, a health care consulting firm. In part two of this episode, Drs. Guarisco and Twanmoh conclude their discussion of common myths in ED operations surrounding crowding and ED throughput and dive into best practices. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM, ED Chair at Ochsner Hospital (New Orleans, LA) and Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee, interviews Joseph Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM, Co-Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee and Senior Vice President of MS2, a health care consulting firm. In part one of this episode, Drs. Guarisco and Twanmoh discuss common myths in ED operations surrounding crowding and ED throughput. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Dr. Niklas Nielsen, an attending physician at Helsingborg Hospital in Sweden. In this episode, Drs. Farcy and Nielsen discuss TTM study and target temperature management in patients following cardiac arrest. Intro music by SaReGaMa, "Sky is the Limit," from the album "Sky is the Limit," powered by JAMENDO.

David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with David Huang, MD MPH, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. In this episode, Drs. Farcy and Huang discuss the neuromuscular blocking agents in mechanically ventilated patients. Intro music by SaReGaMa, "Sky is the Limit," from the album "Sky is the Limit," powered by JAMENDO.

David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Ashika Jain, MD, Assistant Professor at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. In this episode, Drs. Farcy and Jain discuss CVP, ultrasound, and how to assess fluid responsiveness in your critically ill patient. Ultrasound photos available on the AAEM blog at www.aaem.org/publications/blog. Intro music by SaReGaMa, "Sky is the Limit," from the album "Sky is the Limit," powered by JAMENDO.

Join us for the critical care track at the 20th Annual Scientific Assembly! In this podcast-short, track chair, Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEP, highlights the educational track "In a New York Minute - Critical Care in Your ED" which will run over two days at the assembly, beginning on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 12th and returning on the morning of Thursday, February 13th. Intro music by SaReGaMa, "Sky is the Limit," from the album "Sky is the Limit," powered by JAMENDO.

In this podcast-short, Dr. Joseph Guarisco highlights the preconference course "Health Care Reform: Is Your ED Prepared? The Operations Management Perspective" which will run over two days prior to the 20th Annual Scientific Assembly, beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday February 11th and continue on the morning of Wednesday February 12th. Register today and join us in NYC! Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM, ED Chair at Ochsner Hospital (New Orleans, LA) and Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee, interviews Todd B. Taylor, MD FAAEM, an emergency physician and independent consultant in the areas of healthcare IT and practice management. In part two of this episode, the discussion of scribes in the emergency department continues, covering question of outsourcing versus a homegrown program, how to execute a program, staffing models and pearls & pitfalls. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.

Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM, ED Chair at Ochsner Hospital (New Orleans, LA) and Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee, interviews Todd B. Taylor, MD FAAEM, an emergency physician and independent consultant in the areas of healthcare IT and practice management. In part one of this episode, Drs. Guarisco and Todd discuss scribes in the emergency department covering the history and definition of scribes, in addition to data surrounding the financial and efficiency outcomes of these programs. Intro music by SaReGaMa, 'Sky is the Limit,' from the album 'Sky is the Limit,' powered by JAMENDO.