Laceration or Incised Wound: Know the Difference
The Case: A 24-year-old male presents to the emergency department sustaining the wound shown in Figure 1…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest from Lyme Carditis Underscores Need for Timely Diagnosis, Treatment
CDC partners with ACEP to disseminate info about disseminated Lyme: critical update on Lyme carditis Disclaimer: The…
New ACEP Headquarters to Add More Member Benefit
In 1983, when the current ACEP headquarters was built, emergency medicine was fairly new as a recognized…
Maintain Emergency Medicine Certification as Requirement for ACEP Membership
The case for maintaining strict membership requirements for ACEP The discussion on opening up ACEP membership to…
Open ACEP Membership to All Emergency Physicians
Allowing ED physicians not certified in EM to join will fulfill our mission—and ultimately help patients Courage…
7 Best Practices to Reduce Emergency Department Misuse
After a three-year saga of flawed public policy, difficult politics, and dangerous regulations, Washington Chapter ACEP is…
ACEP-Supported Issues, Bills at the 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference
Mental Health The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 (H.R. 3717) This bill proposes…
Opinion: Non-Emergency Physician Members Could Strengthen ACEP
From the Medical Editor in Chief: This is an important issue for our College, worthy of our…
Google Glass May Help Emergency Physicians Improve Patient Care
Last September, emergency physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston began testing a new technology…
ZIO XT Patch Cardiac Monitoring Device May Be Good Option for Evaluating Possible Dysrhythmias
I recently cared for a 35-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department for evaluation of palpitations….