In light of the recent JUCM article by Dr. Benjamin Barlow, Alan Ayers, and Monte Sandler, I wanted to talk about acuity degradation in urgent care. For me, it always circles back to lacerations. This articles shows that urgent cares are taking care of few lacerations than they did 10 years...

EM residents are expected to hit the ground running when it comes to seeing and managing patients with lacerations. It is one of the defining skills of emergency medicine and we take pride in our ability to repair lacerations. All interns will have done at least one EM rotation and possibly a...

Prior to going to medical school, I worked as  a tech in the emergency department of a large teaching hospital. Prior to starting, I had no idea what emergency medicine was. I was quickly thrown into the hustle and bustle of an urban teaching hospital, busy Level 1 trauma center. I fell in...