ACEP Elects Next President, Other Leaders
Dr. David Seaberg was chosen president-elect during the annual ACEP Council meeting in late September in conjunction…
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Health Care Reform Priorities Discussed at Town Hall
With the nation’s health care reform law in place and no real expectation of its repeal, ACEP…
Get the Latest Research in the October Annals
Here is a quick look at two articles published in the October issue of Annals of Emergency…
National Institutes of Health Grant ‘Landmark Event’ for Emergency Care Research
Members of an American College of Emergency Physicians/Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Task Force brought together to…
Members’ ED Visits With Legislators: Eye Opening for Both Parties
Emergency physicians might think that in the wake of the perennially popular TV show “E.R.” and the…
ACEP Honors 2010 Leadership and Excellence Award Winners
The 2010 American College of Emergency Physicians Awards program, which honors leadership and excellence, provides an opportunity…
Dialysis Access Emergencies
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a complication associated with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and other glomerulonephropathies…
The Pastor
An air of peace surrounded the aging pastor as he napped on the metal-framed single bed. One…
Abdominal Pain: A Black Box of Liability
September 1, 2010
- Jennifer L’Hommedieu Stankus, M.D., J.D., ACEP News Contributing Writer
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Abdominal pain is the most common chief complaint among emergency department patients, yet firm diagnosis and etiology…
Look for the Waterline
We passed time in the car talking, reading, listening to the radio, and playing games. It was…