2015 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The...
ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 08 – August 2015
Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male...
ACEP Board Approves tPA Clinical Policy
ACEP’s “Clinical Policy: Use of Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in...
Tourniquet Use Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new...
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in...
ACEP Launches Ultrasound Accreditation Program
ACEP and the Emergency Ultrasound Section have launched a Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program (CUAP). CUAP is administered...
Palcohol: Powdered Alcohol Dangers that Emergency Physicians Should Know
Powdered alcohol could soon be sold in stores throughout the United States, but some say the product,...
How to Perform Ultrasound-Guided Knee Arthrocentesis
The warm, swollen knee is a common complaint in the emergency department, with joint aspiration being the...
Timing Resuscitation Sequence Intubation for Critically Ill Patients
At numerous recent conferences, a panoply of creative and insightful clinicians have been redefining cutting-edge emergency airway...
Track Your Financial Goals with These Four Measurements
Question. I am an emergency physician who recently completed residency. How can I make sure I am...
5 Tips to Boost Your Efficiency at Work
Scenario 1 It’s 3 a.m. You have a monster day tomorrow working clinically in the emergency department,...
2015 SMACC Draws Record Attendance, Earns ACEP Accreditation, Inspires Tweets
In 2012, the world of emergency medicine blogs and podcasts was gaining momentum but was lacking two...
ACEP Past President Dr. John McCabe Earns American Board of Medical Specialties Award
At its June meeting in Chicago, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recognized emergency physician John...
ACEP Writing, Visual Arts Awards Submissions Due Sept. 1
The Section of Medical Humanities is accepting submissions for two awards, one for writing and one for...
Opinion: “Allopathic” Incorrect Term to Differentiate Between MDs, DOs
Since when did an essentially incoherent term replace “medical doctor”? I’m talking about “allopathic,” which literally means...
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