ACEP’s Clinical Policy on Acute Ischemic Stroke
The clinical policy on the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute…
Posts by Jed Henson
Emergency Medicine and EMS Have Grown in Parallel Tracks for 50 Years
Jon Krohmer, MD, FACEP, who says he has “the EMS blood type,” practically had a front row…
Emergency Physician Finds Career Calling In Coaching, Motivating
Physician leadership is a priority for ACEP President Aisha Terry, MD, MPH, FACEP. She’s approaching the issue…
A Malpractice Lawsuit Gives Emergency Physician Lifelong Lessons
It was a beautiful spring day in 1981, back when I was working at a community hospital…
Why Is This Foley Bag Purple?
A 79-year-old male with a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and insulin-dependent diabetes presented to…
Readers Respond: ED Boarding Tactics and Excited Delirium
Survival Tactics for Emergency Department Boarding (March 2024) We read with interest Dr. Welch’s article on front-end…
Hypertensive Patient Discharge and Management
Treating elevated blood pressure (BP) in patients being discharged from the emergency department (ED) is often a…
Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. Vital signs…
ACEP Rejects “Excited Delirium”
By late 1988, 11 Black women had been found dead in the same area of Miami with…
Recognition and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
A 33-year-old woman presents with confusion, abdominal pain, and fever. Her vital signs are: Blood pressure of…