Keep Video Laryngoscope Clear with IV Tubing, Saline, and Some Ingenuity
The Case A 42-year-old female presents to the emergency department after sustaining blunt facial trauma from a…
ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 02 – February 2015
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Keep Video Laryngoscope Clear with IV Tubing, Saline, and Some Ingenuity
The Case A 42-year-old female presents to the emergency department after sustaining blunt facial trauma from a... -
Non-Opioid Pain Medications to Consider for Emergency Department Patients
As recently as 15 years ago, the approach to pain management was a symptomatic one, whereby the... -
Detect Cardiac Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities by Point-of-Care Echocardiography
More than 6 million emergency department visits a year in the United States are for chest pain.1...
Non-Opioid Pain Medications to Consider for Emergency Department Patients
As recently as 15 years ago, the approach to pain management was a symptomatic one, whereby the…
Detect Cardiac Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities by Point-of-Care Echocardiography
More than 6 million emergency department visits a year in the United States are for chest pain.1…
ACEP Faculty Teaching Award Nominations Due April 13, 2015
Each year, ACEP sponsors faculty teaching awards to honor outstanding educators in emergency medicine. These awards are…
2015 ACEP Research Forum Abstracts Due April 24
Next month, ACEP will begin accepting abstracts for the 2015 Research Forum. The deadline is April 24,…
Ebola Relief Efforts in Liberia Aided by Emergency Medicine Support, Donations
I have good friends in Liberia. I know the culture, the politics, and the medical system there….
Medicare Final Rule Changes 2015 PQRS Requirements
Last fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule…
Opinion: Why Freestanding, Physician- or Investor-Owned Emergency Departments May Be Bad for Emergency Medicine
Driving in and around the cities that make up the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, I get the…
ACEP’s Qualified Clinical Data Registry Helps Physicians Meet PQRS Goals
A clinical data registry records information about the health status of patients and the health care they…
Should Emergency Physicians Try Antipyretic Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Febrile Seizures?
Case A 2-year-old boy presents to the emergency department via ambulance after a brief tonic-clonic seizure. He…