Focus on the Peri-Cardiac Arrest Period to Improve Clinical Outcomes
A patient in the peri-arrest period—in other words, the “crashing” patient—can have an opportunity for significant improvement…
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The History of POCUS in Emergency Medicine
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of ACEP, Dr. Liu, chair of ACEP’s Emergency Ultrasound Section,…
The Long and Winding Road of TeamHealth
ACEP and our specialty have developed progressively over the past 50 years, but the developmental journey wasn’t…
ACEP and Schumacher Clinical Partners Work Together to Champion Emergency Medicine
One of the most remarkable facets of Schumacher Clinical Partners’ (SCP) journey with ACEP has been the…
ACEP and Teleflex: A History of Collective Strength and Common Sense of Purpose
Congratulations ACEP on 50 years of improving and advancing emergency medicine. Teleflex is proud to be supporting…
Vituity and ACEP: A History of Transforming Health Care
In a conversation with Joel Stettner, MD, former Managing Partner of Vituity and past Cal ACEP President,…
Improvements in Army Combat Casualty Care Over the Last 50 Years
Much of the U.S. Army Medical Department’s job on the battlefield can be boiled down to two…
Finding Our Advocacy Voice: The History of NEMPAC
As chairman of the National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee (NEMPAC), I am proud of the work…
Protecting Patient Access to the ED
The legal concept of a “reasonable person” or “prudent person” stems back to the early 1800s in…
EMTALA: The Law That Forever Changed the Practice of EM
“The statutory definition renders irrelevant any medical definition.” —Judge, in the case of U.S. Dept. of HHS…
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With regard to state legislative activity regulating the opioid prescribing practices of emergency physicians, which of the following wouId you support? Check all that apply.
- Restrictions on duration (36%, 229 Votes)
- Restrictions of quantity (34%, 219 Votes)
- Mandatory checking of prescription drug monitoring systems for all opioid prescriptions from the ED (30%, 194 Votes)
Total Voters: 367
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