With all the news surrounding the situation in the United States, it's easy to lose focus of the major Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the thousands killed by it.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1443er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Rade B. Vukmir, MD & David C. Pigott, MD
- Organization American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Rade Vukmir
Rade B. Vukmir, MD, JD, FCCP, FACEP, FACHE, is Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI's Education and Risk Management Department. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. He has written extensively about Ebola and infectious disease in general.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support.
He is the author of 42, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. David Pigott
David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP, is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Pigott has authored multiple articles and book chapters related to viral hemorrhagic fevers, including the Ebola virus and serves as a manuscript reviewer on viral hemorrhagic fevers for The Lancet.
He is teaching two related courses about Ebola and the U.S. Experience and infectious disease at ACEP's upcoming Scientific Assembly conference in Chicago. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
The World Health Organization (WHO) is against any travel ban from West African countries that have been affected by Ebola. Why?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1443er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Rade B. Vukmir, MD & David C. Pigott, MD
- Organization American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Rade Vukmir
Rade B. Vukmir, MD, JD, FCCP, FACEP, FACHE, is Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI's Education and Risk Management Department. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. He has written extensively about Ebola and infectious disease in general.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support.
He is the author of 42, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. David Pigott
David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP, is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Pigott has authored multiple articles and book chapters related to viral hemorrhagic fevers, including the Ebola virus and serves as a manuscript reviewer on viral hemorrhagic fevers for The Lancet.
He is teaching two related courses about Ebola and the U.S. Experience and infectious disease at ACEP's upcoming Scientific Assembly conference in Chicago. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Emergency departments are the nation's front line for all medical emergencies, including the current Ebola situation in the United States.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1443er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Rade B. Vukmir, MD & David C. Pigott, MD
- Organization American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Rade Vukmir
Rade B. Vukmir, MD, JD, FCCP, FACEP, FACHE, is Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI's Education and Risk Management Department. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. He has written extensively about Ebola and infectious disease in general.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support.
He is the author of 42, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. David Pigott
David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP, is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Pigott has authored multiple articles and book chapters related to viral hemorrhagic fevers, including the Ebola virus and serves as a manuscript reviewer on viral hemorrhagic fevers for The Lancet.
He is teaching two related courses about Ebola and the U.S. Experience and infectious disease at ACEP's upcoming Scientific Assembly conference in Chicago. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
When and how can a person who is infected with Ebola give it to another person?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File ER_101/1443er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Rade B. Vukmir, MD & David C. Pigott, MD
- Organization American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Rade Vukmir
Rade B. Vukmir, MD, JD, FCCP, FACEP, FACHE, is Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI's Education and Risk Management Department. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. He has written extensively about Ebola and infectious disease in general.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support.
He is the author of 42, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. David Pigott
David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP, is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Pigott has authored multiple articles and book chapters related to viral hemorrhagic fevers, including the Ebola virus and serves as a manuscript reviewer on viral hemorrhagic fevers for The Lancet.
He is teaching two related courses about Ebola and the U.S. Experience and infectious disease at ACEP's upcoming Scientific Assembly conference in Chicago. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Every day there seems to be something new about the Ebola virus, which may lead you to question everything you've previously thought.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1443er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Rade Vukmir, MD & David Pigott, MD
- Organization American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Rade Vukmir
Rade B. Vukmir, MD, JD, FCCP, FACEP, FACHE, is Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI's Education and Risk Management Department. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. He has written extensively about Ebola and infectious disease in general.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support.
He is the author of 42, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. David Pigott
David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP, is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Pigott has authored multiple articles and book chapters related to viral hemorrhagic fevers, including the Ebola virus and serves as a manuscript reviewer on viral hemorrhagic fevers for The Lancet.
He is teaching two related courses about Ebola and the U.S. Experience and infectious disease at ACEP's upcoming Scientific Assembly conference in Chicago. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
More than 10 states and over 1,000 children ranging from the ages of 15 months to 18 years in the Midwest have been infected by a mysterious respiratory virus.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1437er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Glatter, MD
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Robert Glatter is an attending emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
He is the also the director of sports medicine and traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Glatter serves on the medical board at Lenox Hill and he is on the editorial board of Medscape Emergency Medicine and a medical contributor to Forbes Magazine and CBS Healthwatch. -
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- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Do you know the importance of checking your prostate health?
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1437er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Anup Shah, MD
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Anup Shah is a Urologic surgeon who practices in the Baltimore metropolitan area at Chesapeake Urology Associates.
His areas of interest are treatment of adult benign and malignant urologic illness including kidney cancer, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and kidney stones.
He has specialty expertise in minimally invasive treatments including laparoscopy, robotic surgery, and laser prostate procedures for BPH. -
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- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Added sugar has become so prevalent in food that it makes up 13 percent of calories consumed.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1437er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Gunjan Kahlon, MD
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Gunjan Kahlon is an associate professor of Internal Medicine and chief of the section of General Internal Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.
She specializes in community health, primary care medicine and evidence based medicine. She is also the director of the foundations of medicine course, which teaches medical students the "art" of medicine. -
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- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Migraines can cause excruciating pain and discomfort. Is there a new hope for a non-invasive treatment option?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File ER_101/1437er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Fischell, MD
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Over the past 40 years, Dr. Robert Fischell has been the inventor or co-inventor of many medical devices including coronary stents, heart pacemakers, heart defibrillators and devices to treat epilepsy and a device like a pacer that can prevent death from heart attacks.
One of Dr. Fischell's recent invention is a device that is placed onto the head that can eliminate a migraine headache by the application of an intense magnetic pulsation.
This device has now received FDA clearance for the treatment of migraine headaches that are preceded by an aura, and the device has also been successfully used by hundreds of patients in the UK who have any type of migraine headache. -
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- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
One of the warning signs that a brain aneurysm has ruptured is a massive, overbearing headache.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1437er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Diana Fite, MD
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Diana Fite of Houston, Texas, is an attending physician at two hospital emergency departments in Houston—Methodist Willowbrook and Christus Saint Catherine's — as well as at freestanding emergency facilities in Tomball and Katy, Texas.
She also served for 22 years as part-time clinical assistant professor for the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
In 1995, Dr. Fite became the first female president of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians and the first and only and emergency physician to serve as president of the 12,000-member Harris County Medical Society.
In both roles, she raised the visibility of emergency medicine and championed issues of importance to the emergency physicians and patients.
Dr. Fite grew up in the Texas Panhandle and earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
In 2007, Dr. Fite was driving in Houston when she experienced a stroke. -
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- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
