Button Batteries a Swallowing Hazard for Children
Kids love to put odd objects in their mouths (and ears and nostrils and other interesting places),…
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How Emergency Medicine Knowledge, Education Has Changed Since 1976
Emergency physicians in 1976 were gearing up for the ACEP annual meeting, too, although the cutting edge…
Top Concerns for Emergency Medicine Today
Donald Berwick, MD, first coined the term “Triple Aim” for the goals of the emerging health care…
Top 10 Best, Worst Places for Emergency Physicians To Seek Jobs in 2014-2015
This is a year of change. Some trends, like the increase in opportunity for non-EM-trained physicians, are…
American Board of Emergency Medicine Names New President, President-Elect
Dr. Francis Counselman Becomes ABEM President; Dr. Barry Heller Named President-Elect At its July meeting, the American…
Readers Weigh in on Emergency Medicine Certification Requirement for ACEP Membership
Our pro-con on “The Big Tent of Emergency Medicine,” which examined the benefits and drawbacks of requiring…
ACEP Councillors Speak Out on ACEP Membership, Marijuana, and More
ACEP Councillors were surveyed about several topics that will be addressed* at this October’s Council meeting. Here…
2014 ACEP Elections: Meet the Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual conference, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council,…
Blood Culture Testing: Send Samples Selectively to Lower Costs, Medico-Legal Risk
Your last patient on a shift is a 55-year-old well-appearing woman with fever and cough in whom…
Physical Exam Critical to Rule Out Unnecessary Lab Tests
I am writing in response to the article “The Death of the Physical Exam” by Shari Welch,…