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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 07 – July 2014

ACEP 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference Highlights

ACEP 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference Highlights

Jul 08, 2014 - By Kathryn Dierks, MD, and L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP

Nearly 550 attendees at Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC) this year explored major issues of health care...

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Emergency Department, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Public Policy, Health Insurance, Workforce

Emergency Department Visits On the Rise

Jul 08, 2014 - By Karen Appold

An online poll of emergency physicians conducted by ACEP showed that 86 percent of respondents expect emergency...

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Google Glass May Help Emergency Physicians Improve Patient Care

Google Glass May Help Emergency Physicians Improve Patient Care

Jul 08, 2014 - By Carol Patton

Last September, emergency physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston began testing a new technology...

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7 Best Practices to Reduce Emergency Department Misuse

7 Best Practices to Reduce Emergency Department Misuse

Jul 08, 2014 - By By Stephen H. Anderson, MD, FACEP, and Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD, FACEP

After a three-year saga of flawed public policy, difficult politics, and dangerous regulations, Washington Chapter ACEP is...

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How Emergency Physicians Should Treat Chronic Pain Patients Without Adequate Follow Up

How Emergency Physicians Should Treat Chronic Pain Patients Without Adequate Follow Up

Jul 08, 2014 - By

Scenario 1: Mr. Smith is a 42-year-old male who has come to the ED because he is...

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Should Cricoid Pressure Be Used During Rapid Sequence Intubation?

Jul 08, 2014 - By Scott D. Weingart, MD, FCCM, and John D. Hinds, MB BCh, BAO

Note to readers: The following piece is a tongue-in-cheek condemnation of the evidentiary base for the use...

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Opinion: Non-Emergency Physician Members Could Strengthen ACEP

Opinion: Non-Emergency Physician Members Could Strengthen ACEP

Jul 08, 2014 - By Richard Stennes, MD

From the Medical Editor in Chief: This is an important issue for our College, worthy of our...

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ACEP-Supported Issues, Bills at the 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Jul 08, 2014 - By K. Kay Moody, DO, MPH

Mental Health The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 (H.R. 3717) This bill proposes...

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5 Steps to Help Physicians Choose the Right Mutual Fund

5 Steps to Help Physicians Choose the Right Mutual Fund

Jul 08, 2014 - By

Question. I feel overwhelmed when I see all of the mutual funds available in my 401(k). How...

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Questions Emergency Physicians Should Ask a Potential Employer

Jul 08, 2014 - By

It has been reported that up to 70 percent of emergency physicians leave their first job within...

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How To Use Continuous Wall Suction for Paracentesis

Jul 09, 2014 - By Jordan Jeong, DO, Justin McNamee, DO, and Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, FACOEP-D

A quick and safe way to drain this fluid without tying up resources at the bedside.  ...

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How to Perform an Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture

Jul 09, 2014 - By Arun Nagdev, MD, Christine Riguzzi, MD, Oron Frenkel, MD, and Daniel Mantuani, MD

Integration of ultrasound when determining ideal needle entry in a difficult case can prevent repeated failed attempts...

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Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine

Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine

Jul 09, 2014 - By

Continual improvement of safe, effective care delivery is a goal of every clinician. Involving our patients in...

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Tweets from Emergency Physicians about Tricks of the Trade

Jul 09, 2014 - By

If you enter #EMTOT (Emergency Medicine Tricks of the Trade) into a Twitter search you’ll certainly find...

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End-of-Life Care Discussions Benefit from Simple Language

Jul 08, 2014 - By

In response to “How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in...

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Hormone Replacement Therapy Coverage in ACEP Now Criticized

Jul 08, 2014 - By

As a practicing, board-certified emergency physician, I wanted to respond to the recent May 2014 issue in...

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