ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 07 – July 2016 Archives

Gun Control Issue Fosters Pro–Con Advocacy Debate in Emergency Medicine

Jul 15, 2016 - By Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP

Gun violence is an ever-growing concern in the United States, and there’s no question that emergency physicians...

Jul 15, 2016 - By Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP

Sepsis can be a difficult condition to diagnose thanks in part to non-specific criteria; the definitions of...

Jul 15, 2016 - By Debra Perina, MD, FACEP

Firearm safety is a topic not only being discussed within ACEP but also of interest to other...

Jul 15, 2016 - By Scott Zeller, MD, and Rebecca J. Mao, PhD, MPH

Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a...

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Case: A 49-year-old man calls 911 complaining of chest pain and then collapses while on the phone....

Jul 15, 2016 - By Anton Helman, MD, CCFP(EM), CAC, FCFP

You might be surprised to learn that many of the patients who receive red cell transfusions in...

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The April 2016 ACEP Now article, “Emergency Medicine Workforce Needs More Women Physicians” by Kathleen Clem, MD,...

Jul 12, 2016 - By Jeremy Samuel Faust, MD, MS, MA and Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH

In the two years that we've been doing the FOAMcast podcast, some of the most interesting topics...

Jul 15, 2016 - By Rachel Solnick, MD

I had always assumed that I would remember my first code. I don’t, but I do remember...

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For the second year in a row, the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) has earned a four-star rating,...