2017 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The...
ACEP Now: Vol 36 – No 09 – September 2017
How to Tell Whether a Psychiatric Emergency is Due to Disease or Psychological Illness
The emergency department serves as both the lifeline and the gateway to psychiatric care for millions of...
Prudent Layperson Standard in Emergency Medicine Under Attack
In the history of the specialty of emergency medicine, there have been landmark pieces of legislation that...
Carilion Clinic Transfer and Communications Center Helps Improve ED Patient Flow, Outcomes
For the past four years, I have had the honor of serving as the medical director of...
Floating Doctors Volunteers Bring Patient Care to Remote Communities in Panama
There are many volunteer programs that bring physicians from industrialized nations to developing or underserved areas to...
CMS Administrator Dr. Patrick Conway Discusses Health Care Innovation, Costs, Technology
Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, has had an interesting journey. He is a Texas resident who became...
What Do You Know About Jimsonweed?
Question: What will this beautiful plant yield when used for an herbal tea? Click here for the...
Why Herbal Tea Made with Jimsonweed Is Dangerous Brew
Answer: Anticholinergic toxicity—this brew can be eye-opening. Toxins Atropine, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, and scopolamine. All are belladonna alkaloids...
Platelets and Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage
The Case A 67-year-old woman presents with sudden onset of right-sided hemiparesis and facial droop. She takes aspirin...
Opinion: Independent Emergency Group Practice Model Boosts Physician Satisfaction
There are many issues facing emergency medicine, but the biggest issue for me is physician satisfaction. Happy...
New ABEM President Dr. Terry Kowalenko Discusses Certification, Issues Facing Emergency Medicine
Medical certification organizations should be “relevant, responsive, and innovative,” according to Terry Kowalenko, MD, FACEP, new President...
ACEP Members Meet with Senator Ben Cardin to Discuss Political Issues, Health Care Policy
The fierce snowstorm that occurred during this year’s ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference cancelled multiple meetings with...
EM Physician Assistant Terry Carlisle Recalls Long Career, Discusses Future of Specialty
Physician assistants (PAs) have partnered with emergency physicians almost since the birth of emergency medicine as a...
More Advanced Practice Providers Working in Emergency Departments
The management of patients in the emergency department requires skilled staff members working as a team to...
Tips for Managing Heavy Workloads in the Emergency Department
At this very minute in emergency departments across the country, physicians and nurses are working hard, trying...
Coding for Pulse Oximetry
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
Emergency Physicians Can Satisfy ABEM’s MOC Part 4 Requirement with Clinical Emergency Data Registry
Physicians who participate in the Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR) can now meet their Part IV requirement,...
ACEP Executive Director Dean Wilkerson Joins Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility
ACEP Executive Director Dean Wilkerson has joined the national advisory board for the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol...
Too Tough on Steroids?
Dr. Radecki's article on steroids in sore throat is too quick to accept the study he cites...
Is Dual-Shock Approach Dangerous to Defibrillators?
Having just read [“All Charged Up & No Place To Go,” July 2017], and being the chair...
