The Case A 60-year-old male with past medical history of anxiety and depression presented to the emergency...
William Jaquis, MD, FACEP, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was elected President-Elect during ACEP's Annual Meeting in San...
The Case After entering the room, it is clear something unusual is going on. This previously healthy...
For Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Steven Farmer, marriage came with a few extra challenges When emergency...
The following is a summary of “DC’s New 911 Nurse Triage Program” from the October issue of...
When Christina Maslach, PhD, started her psychology research career in the early 1970s, she didn’t know her...
The future of certification is exciting, according to Robert L. Muelleman, MD, FACEP, new President of the...
There’s a big difference between patients who are mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is, by...
Question 1: For pediatric lumbar punctures (LPs), does advancement of the LP needle without a stylet (ie,...
Question 2: In pediatric cases of erythema multiforme (EM) minor, is herpes simplex virus (HSV) a common...
The 2018 ACEP Council considered several resolutions during its annual meeting this week, including proposals related to...
The cost of patient falls in elderly persons is expected to reach $32.4 billion dollars in 2020.1...
Distal radius fractures (commonly called Colles’ or Smith’s fractures) are often encountered in the emergency department, with...
Q. In medicine, it is best to learn from the mistakes of others, as evidenced by morbidity...
Suboxone is a sublingual (SL) film dosage form containing a partial opioid agonist (buprenorphine) and an opioid antagonist (naloxone) for treating opioid dependence.1...
There are multiple forms for buprenorphine (commonly called bupe), and this can prove confusing. Although we may...
Thirteen years ago, I embarked on a career in medicine as a nontraditional student. I had a...
Emergency medicine, insurance companies, and patients currently exist in what I see as a standoff. The tension...
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article....
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain you get paid for every dollar you...
ACEP has a formal procedure for addressing charges of ethical violations among ACEP members under the Code...
We have winners of our 50th anniversary storytelling competition! We received so many excellent submissions from emergency...
ACEP Immediate Past President Paul Kivela, MD, MBA, FACEP, responded to the Sept. 5, 2018, op-ed by...
On Sept. 6, 2018, the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) voted in favor of recommending...
On Sept. 6, 2018, ACEP Board member Aisha Liferidge, MD, FACEP, participated in a two-day workshop hosted...
On Oct. 3, Congress passed critical opioid legislation. Included in the package are the “Alternatives to Opioids...
In September, Dr. Kivela led a teleconference discussion with the American College of Physicians (ACP) on ACEP...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a White House event last month to announce the release of...
n Sept. 20, 2018, Dr. Kivela participated in a drug shortage summit hosted by the American Society...
The ACEP18 Closing Celebration, presented by Envision Physician Services, closed the meeting in style with a night...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 10 – October 2024
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