How To Perform an Emergency Burr Hole Procedure
As a new medical director, I thought to myself, “What is the worst that could happen at…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Disaster Response Journal of Emergency Response to Hurricane Harvey
I sat at the ACEP headquarters attending an EMS board review course as the Texas Emergency Medical…
Opinion: We Have Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction—Why Don’t We Use Them?
The Case A 32-year-old female with anxiety and recent bimalleolar ankle fracture presents requesting help with her…
How to Spot and Treat Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
We were wrapping up a peaceful shift, as peaceful as it can be for a Level 1…
The Facts About Abstral (Sublingual Fentanyl) Tablets
A bstral is a sublingual (SL) dosage form of the pure opioid agonist fentanyl. It’s approved by the…
Emergency Medicine Pearls, Pitfalls for Treatment of Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures
Written from the perspective of an emergency physician who also runs a weekly minor fracture clinic, this…
How to Respond to a Payer Audit
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
What to Do When Cyber Attack Strikes the Emergency Department
As practicing emergency physicians, we plan for the worst, knowing that modern health care, even with all…
2017–2018 Compensation Report for Emergency Physicians Shows Steady Salaries
In the past 10 years, emergency physician salaries have increased 31 percent while the average clinical hours…
Federal Government Declares Emergency Physicians Incapable of Performing Medical Screening Exam for Psychiatric Patients in AnMed Lawsuit
There is no EMTALA issue in emergency medicine more difficult, more confusing, or more risk-prone than managing…