A Doctor’s Reflections on Being a Patient and Patient Advocate
After almost 40 years as a physician, with a career as an emergency physician, quality-assurance reviewer, and…
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A Doctor’s Reflections on Being a Patient and Patient Advocate
After almost 40 years as a physician, with a career as an emergency physician, quality-assurance reviewer, and... -
Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver
Emergency medicine (EM) has evolved over time and has long passed a crossroads where previously unachievable capabilities... -
Readers Respond: Match Week, Overconfidence, and Waiting Room Medicine
Re: “Unpacking the 2023 Match Week” Unless we organize as a whole and unionize and get the...
Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver
Emergency medicine (EM) has evolved over time and has long passed a crossroads where previously unachievable capabilities…
Readers Respond: Match Week, Overconfidence, and Waiting Room Medicine
Re: “Unpacking the 2023 Match Week” Unless we organize as a whole and unionize and get the…
Is There a Place for TikTok in Emergency Medicine Practice?
In the midst of a busy emergency department (ED) shift, it’s common for an emergency physician to…
More Readers Respond to AHRQ Report on Diagnostic Errors in the ED
Re: “Report on ED Diagnostic Errors Sparks Controversy” What is needed here is not a response, but…
Readers Respond: Dental Avulsions, Reperfusion Guidelines, and More
Re: “There Are Only Four Effective Interventions in Emergency Medicine” In 1980, a wise, old teacher noted…
Readers Respond: The Death of Diphenhyramine, Firearms in the ED, and More
The Death of Diphenhydramine I too would never bury Benadryl. I well remember our collective professional relief…
Reader: “Rumors of Diphenhydramine’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated”
Dear Editor, Dr. Westafer’s commentary on diphenhydramine makes several valid points about some misuses (e.g,. sleep aid)…
Readers Respond to “The Emergency Department After the Fall of Roe” Article
An excerpt from our Medical Editor in Chief Dr. Cedric Dark : As you read our August…
ACEP Now Curates Both the Clinical and Cultural
Every month, our editorial team meets to discuss, plan, and choose content to be published on the…