ACEP15 Rorrie Lecture to Address Emergency Department Superutilizers
Every emergency physician reading this has a frequent flier, the colloquial term for recidivist health care consumers….
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ACEP15 Mills Lecturer Dr. Al Sacchetti to Share Insights on Humor, Humility, Humanity in the ED
Al Sacchetti, MD, FACEP, has spent 35 years working in emergency departments, and in all that time,…
ACEP15 Keynote Speaker Mark Scharenbroich to Focus on Creating Personal Connections
Twelve years ago, speaker Mark Scharenbroich was passing through Milwaukee as Harley-Davidson’s 100th anniversary celebration went on…
Mouthguard Technology May Help Evaluate and Treat Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports
A new athletic mouthguard under development by a partnership involving Louisiana State University (LSU) could have a…
New Approach to 911 CPR Instructions Can Save Lives
A three-year study of a statewide Arizona resuscitation program to give CPR instructions to people who call…
Georgia Joins Ranks of States Supporting Naloxone Use in Overdose Cases
A relatively new Georgia law provides amnesty for people who show up to emergency departments to receive…
ED Physicians Should Handle High-Risk Abdomen Patients with Special Attention
CHICAGO—Diane Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP, had a simple piece of advice for emergency medicine physicians wondering whether to…
Momentum Builds at ACEP14 on Tuesday
CHICAGO—Brothers and emergency physicians Gaurav Arora, MD, MBA, FACEP, and Sunil Arora, MD, watched in professional curiosity…
Emergency Physicians Can Be “Voice of Reason” in Ebola Outbreak
CHICAGO—In the midst of national hysteria over Ebola virus disease, emergency physicians can be their institutions’ voice…
Google Yourself, and 5 Other Habits of Highly Successful Emergency Physicians
CHICAGO—Michael Silverman, MD, FACEP, has run a few marathons, but he knows that when he’s training, it…