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August 2023 News From the College
JACEP Open Earns its First Impact Factor The Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open (JACEP…
2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates
Each year, ACEP’s Council elects new leaders for the College at its meeting. The Council, which represents…
ACEP Now Wins APEX Award for Writing Excellence
ACEP Now has received an APEX Award of Excellence for writing for “How the Scene Unfolded in…
Does Acrocyanosis Indicate Underlying Bacterial Illness?
Question: If children demonstrate acrocyanosis around the time of developing a fever, is the cause of fever…
How To Use SALAD To Manage Unstable Epistaxis and the Airway
Standard reviews of epistaxis in the emergency medicine literature center on the epidemiology, etiology, whether the bleeding…
Using Ultrasound to Make Surgical Decisions in Suspected Biliary Colic
Case A 50-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of epigastric pain and nausea for…
Xylazine: An Emerging Threat
CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound….
Updates in the Management of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia or Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a commonly encountered entity in U.S. emergency departments (EDs), with statistics reporting more…