Firearm Relinquishment Laws Help Decrease Death
I will never forget the day I heard about the heinous murder of Dr. Tamara O’Neal—an emergency…
Posts by Jed Henson
Residency Spotlight: HCA Healthcare Riverside Emergency Medicine Residency
What is one thing that sets your program apart? Our program was designed from the ground up…
Case Report: The Woman with the Swollen Left Arm
Case A 19-year-old, left hand dominant female presented to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint…
Stop Performing Routine Pulse Checks During CPR
“Time to pause for a pulse check.” Although this refrain is uttered during cardiac arrests across the…
Due Process and Employee Retaliation Laws in Emergency Medicine
There have been several headlines recently about emergency physicians being fired or suspended from their jobs after…
The Death of Diphenhydramine
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl), is ubiquitous in the emergency department (ED) and has historically been a component of many…
ACEP Clinical Policies Committee reviews Gastroenterology Guideline Update
In 2021, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) published an update of their 2012 management guideline on…
Simulating the Rural Emergency Medicine Physician
The landscape of medical education is evolving. Medical schools are transitioning from full days of lectures and…
Gun Violence: Treating the Root Cause
Everybody dies in the summer. Want to say your goodbyes, tell them while it’s spring. I heard…
Reader Adds to “We Dissent!” Article
The thoughtful article by Dr. Gaddis about significant occurrences of reasoned dissent in the history of emergency…