Denver was a great choice for this year’s Scientific Assembly. I enjoyed meeting many of you there....

There is a shortage of doctors providing primary care in the United States. No matter how you...

“Is everybody having fun?” shouted Dean Wilkerson, ACEP Executive Director. Some hoots and hollers and applause emanated...

When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we...

By virtue of its prominence at the beginning of the cycle of care, emergency medicine will likely...

Traditionally, physicians have been reluctant to share their personal experience with malpractice litigation due to fear of...

Introduction Emergency physicians perform abdominal paracentesis both for diagnostic sampling of peritoneal fluid and for therapeutic drainage...

Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare entity in the parturient population occurring in 3 to...

Sitting in a hogan, warming ourselves by the fire, Stephen Begay told me a story about his...

The 2012 ACEP Council considered several resolutions during its annual meeting last month, including issues related to...

After considerable debate, the ACEP Council voted this month to refrain from participation in the national “Choosing...

Rosenau Chosen as ACEP President-Elect The ACEP Council chose Dr. Alex M. Rosenau was ACEP President-Elect on...

A physician acquaintance of mine is on a mission to promote awareness, especially in emergency physicians, of...

One afternoon a few years back, my second patient of the shift was a 60-year-old female, June...