Emergency Medicine Thinker

Alex Koyfman is EM Core Faculty at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dr Koyfman is an author with more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of five books. He is Editor-in-Chief for emDocs.net. Brit Long is an attending emergency physician and associate professor of emergency medicine. Dr Long is an author with over 520 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of four books. He is Editor-in-Chief – Clinical Content for emDocs.net.

• Introduction: editors; Part I. Decision Making: 1. On deciding to not decide Dan Dworkis; 2. What makes emergency medicine decision making unique and why? Emily Rose; 3. Paediatric EM approach: be vigilant but be reasonable Sean M Fox; 4. Decision-making in emergency medicine: thinking differently Michael A Gisondi; 5. EM medical decision making: different and essential Andrew Grock and Jonie Hsiao; 6. Decisions Judd E. Hollander; 7. Emergency thinking and behaviour Aaron Lacy; 8. EM decision-making: thinking beyond the disposition Skyler Lentz; 9. EM decision making: is this a bug or a feature? Rob Orman; 10. EM thinking & cognitive load considerations Jessica Pelletier; 11. Decision making in uncertainty-the hallmark of emergency medicine Andrew Petrosoniak and Chris Hicks; 12. Unlearning and thinking differently Matthew Pirotte; 13. Decision making in emergency medicine Richard Wolfe; 14. An object in motion: decision-making and clinical inertia in the emergency department Hannah Seyller and Marina Boushra; 15. Too little or too much? Alexander Y Sheng; 16. Decision making in emergency medicine Judith E Tintinalli; 17. Medical decision making in the ED: balancing the patient's health with the clinician's perception of risk Michael Weinstock; Part II. Clinical Pearls: 18. Clinical pearls Alex Koyfman and Brit Long.