- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Soft tissue tumor case studies
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
- Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
University of Vermont
2010-2024
University of Vermont Medical Center
2019-2023
Maine Medical Center
2011-2013
Musculoskeletal and sports medicine conditions are common in the emergency department (ED). Emergency physicians may not be receiving adequate education to achieve clinical competency musculoskeletal during residency training. This article aims provide a standardized curriculum for Broad goals include proficiency evaluating managing patients presenting ED with acute chronic complaints other medical related or affected by physical exertion, participation, environmental exposure. Specific...
Case Presentation: An 8-month-old infant presented to a general emergency department with chief complaints of rhinorrhea, decreased activity, and fever. A point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) was performed at bedside potential early findings pneumonia. Based on these LUS, chest radiograph (CXR) ordered no acute findings. He discharged without antibiotics based findings; unfortunately, he returned two days later worsening symptoms requiring tube placement, mechanical ventilation, prolonged...
Background: Our aim was to implement and evaluate a novel social determinants of health (SDoH) curriculum into the required fourth-year emergency medicine (EM) course at University Vermont Larner College Medicine with goal teach students how assess address SDoH in clinical practice. The objectives were as follows:Assess SDoH, risk factors, barriers healthcare facing patients from diverse socioeconomic cultural backgrounds ED.Examine work consult services operate ED setting identify...
exercise, heart health: healthFigureYou already know that exercise can keep your healthy, but how often do you think about its effect on brain? The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in November included a comprehensive list physical activity recommendations was robustly evidence-based. (http://bit.ly/2RPF4eS.) Exercise benefits nearly every body system, brain included. Many highlighted were cognitive, psychiatric,...
concussions: concussionsFigureThe recent hype surrounding concussion may make you feel even more confused than your concussed patient when it comes to workup, diagnosis, and plan for mild traumatic brain injury. But fear not! Hot off the press is American Medical Society Sports Medicine's updated position statement on concussion. Sport-related has become a hot topic in medicine lay over past decade. It common injury adults kids, with up 1.8 million sports-related concussions occurring...