Power of FIX
Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM FACEP FemInEM Idea Exchange (FIX) was hands-down the most inspirational conference I have ever attended! Thank you to all the women and men of FIX17 for sharing these phenomenal insights. I can’t wait for FIX18 – October 16, 2018 can’t come…
Celiac – The Invisible Threshold
Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz MD “Do you think she’ll have it?” My husband and I lay in bed the night before Kol Nidre, cocooned by darkness. In the adjacent room, my son muttered as he dreamed. Further away, my daughter slept silently. During the Days…
Small Town, Big Emergencies
Amber L. Beckenhauer, DO You know, working in the emergency department isn’t easy. An understatement, right? We all love the people and the medicine. We don’t, however, always love the uncertainty of what might roll through the ambulance doors. In small town Blair, Nebraska,…
Room 6 Has a Name
Theresa Hsaio, DO It was a typical Friday night, the trauma bay was full, patients lined up in hallway beds 1-6, and we were 50 deep in the waiting room. Within the hour of starting my shift, I had a chest pain in…
Election Day
Melody Glenn, MD For me, Election Day begins with a code. Our patient, sprawled in the middle of the floor, seems frail next to the 200-lb paramedic who is performing chest compressions. A female supervisor is directing the well-coordinated resuscitation, and another medic…
My FemInEM Story: Part 3: Leading by Example
Shahina Braganza, MBBS, BMedSci, FACEM (Editor’s Note: This is the last of 3 articles written by Dr. Shahina Braganza, an Australian FemInEM. Her contribution was inspired by our recent SMACC talk which will be available via podcast by the end of the summer.) I am now going…
My FemInEM Story: Part 2: Launching My Career
(Editor’s Note: This is the 2nd of 3 articles written by Dr. Shahina Braganza, an Australian FemInEM. Her contribution was inspired by our recent SMACC talk which will be available via podcast by the end of the summer) A pivotal moment in…
My FemInEM Story: Part 1: A Fortunate Start
(Editor’s Note: This is the 1st of 3 articles written by Dr. Shahina Braganza, an Australian FemInEM. Her contribution was inspired by our recent SMACC talk which will be available via podcast by the end of the summer.) I would like…