By the Numbers: the Side Effects of Stress Among Health Care Workers
Total of 20,665 respondents. Across 124 health care institutions. Intentions to reduce work hours Physicians 31% Nurses…
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Another COVID Casualty: the Emergency Department Transfer Process
New waves and challenges of COVID-19 keep coming. Emergency physicians keep managing the front lines, caring for…
Benefits of Using the Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block
Hip fractures are one of the most frequently encountered complaints in the emergency department, with more than…
The Many Faces of Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection
The Problem A cervical artery dissection (CAD) occurs when a tear in the intima of a carotid…
ACEP Sues Federal Government Over Implementation of No Surprises Act
We thought the end of 2020 brought an end our multi year battle over out-of-network (OON) billing…
ACEP4U: Litigation
Surprise! ACEP sues the federal government over implementation of no surprises act. We thought the end of…
PEERCert+ Adds Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Component
In January 2020, ACEP introduced the newest member of the PEER test prep family: PEERcert+ Advanced Ultrasound….
The Building Blocks of Board Certification Awareness
Recently, I sat down with Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM),…
UTIs and Estrogen: the Overlooked Link
It is common for patients with vulvas who are older than 50 years of age to present…
Preintubation Point-of-Care Echocardiography for Hemodynamic Optimization
Have you wondered why a particular patient coded after endotracheal intubation? Actually, it is not uncommon for…