Articles: emergency-medicine.
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To assess the attitudes of residents in emergency medicine regarding a career in academics. ⋯ The results of this survey address attitudes among residents toward a career in academic emergency medicine. Factors such as motivation, role models, and exposure to research may help academicians plan strategies to meet the future needs of academic emergency medicine.
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This article outlines the objectives for a resident rotation in pulmonary diseases. It is part of a continuing series on the goals and objectives to direct Emergency Medicine resident training on off-service rotations. ⋯ The objectives of this article are viewed as a one-month component of an Internal Medicine Rotation in the first year of training. These objectives are designed to help focus the resident's reading and study during a pulmonary off-service rotation.
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The December 1989 assault in Panama provided an opportunity to examine the role of emergency physicians in low-intensity military operations. Emergency medicine specialists accompanied the assault forces and established casualty collection points (CCPs) at each target. Emergency physicians played a role in triage, resuscitation, and aeromedical evacuation. ⋯ The first casualties arrived at hospitals in Texas within 12 hours of the assault. From the drop zones through hospitalization in the United States, emergency physicians cared for combat casualties at every level of the evacuation system. The success of the medical plan for the assault suggests that the role of emergency physicians in military operations extends from the front lines to fixed medical facilities in the United States.