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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 03 – March 2019

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Get Ready for ACEP Wellness Week 2019

Feb 27, 2019 - By Daniel Lakoff, MD FACEP

This year’s ACEP Wellness Week is April 7–13, 2019, and our theme is Wellness 2.0–Intelligently Designing Emergency...

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A boat washed ashore in New Bern, North Carolina, by Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence and the Use of Telemedicine

Mar 19, 2019 - By Bobby Park, MD; Chelsea Raegen; Scott Caflisch; and Michael Granovsky, MD

Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina as a Category 1 storm on Sept. 14, 2018, bringing with it...

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For One Medical Student, a Job as a Scribe Was the Pathway to Emergency Medicine

Mar 19, 2019 - By Skyler E. Smith

I turned 18 in the emergency department. The charge nurse surprised me with a cake, and as...

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High-Yield Ocular Ultrasound Applications in the ED, Part 1

Mar 19, 2019 - By Katrina D’Amore, DO, MPH; Sarah Bolan, MD; and Nicole Yuzuk, DO

Part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2. Part 3. The Case Monday, 23:00—Your first patient of...

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The Joint Commission Clarifies that Physicians Can Eat and Drink in ED Workspaces

Feb 27, 2019 - By Jordan Grantham

After pressure from ACEP on behalf of our members, The Joint Commission (TJC) has clarified that emergency...

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PHOTOS: Judith Peck

Notes From Emergency Physician Working When the Camp Fire Threatened Hospital

Mar 12, 2019 - By Judith Peck, MD, FACEP

The town of Paradise, California, burned to the ground on Nov. 8, 2018, in the Camp Fire....

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Building a Community ED Practice

Building a Democratic, Independent, Community ED Practice

Mar 26, 2019 - By Thomas Fitzgerald, MD, FACEP

Emergency medicine is a constantly changing and evolving medical practice. The business side of emergency medicine is...

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Opioid

Reduce Opioid Duration and Quantity to Limit Use, Avoid Addiction

Mar 19, 2019 - By Evan Schwarz, MD, FACEP, FACMT; and R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part of an ongoing series on what emergency physicians can do...

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Fentanyl Versus Ketamine for Intranasal Pain Relief

Mar 12, 2019 - By

The Case An 8-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with a painful wrist injury after falling...

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Interdisciplinary FOAMed, One Tweet at a Time

Mar 19, 2019 - By

We are approaching the end of the decade in which online medical education exploded in popularity. In...

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Careful Planning and Innovation Helped Washington Hospital Move Its Emergency Department

Careful Planning and Innovation Helped Washington Hospital Move Its Emergency Department

Mar 19, 2019 - By

Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) in Fremont, California, had a very efficient emergency department that had long...

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A Rational Approach to Pulmonary Embolism Evaluation

Mar 15, 2019 - By

Emergency department over-investigation is, perhaps, nowhere more pervasive than in the workup of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)....

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Coding Wizard

Coding Wizard: How to Document Burn Treatment

Mar 12, 2019 - By Walter L. Green, MD

Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...

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New ACEP Framework Protects Patients from Out-of-Network Billing

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

On Jan. 28, 2019, ACEP released a framework of proposed solutions to protect emergency patients from surprise...

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ACEP Board Considers Firearm Safety, Leadership Diversity, and More During January Meeting

Mar 12, 2019 - By

In late January, the ACEP Board of Directors met and considered several issues related to practice trends...

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ACEP Is Launching New EM Journal, Seeks Editor-in-Chief

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

ACEP is launching a new open-access journal in 2020 and is seeking applicants for editor-in-chief. The editor will...

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Comment Now on Clinical Policy Draft for Acute Headache

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

The draft “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the...

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ACEP Members Receive Order of International Federation for EM Award

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

Ashley Bean, MD, FACEP, and Gary Gaddis, MD, PhD, FACEP, were honored with the Order of the...

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Make Plans Now for ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference in May

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

The Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) is coming up May 5–8, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and it’s...

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Toxicology Q&A Question: What’s Poisonous on the Castor Plant?

Mar 19, 2019 - By

QUESTION: Which causes toxicity from this plant: the beans or the oil? Click here for the answer.

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Toxicology Q&A Answer: Castor Beans Can Kill, and the Oil Is Iffy, Too

Mar 19, 2019 - By

See question Answer: Both! The castor plant is a beautiful, large semi-woody shrub that can grow to...

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ACEP Suspends Physician for Expert Witness and Ethics Code Violations

Mar 19, 2019 - By From the College

The ACEP Board of Directors suspended Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, FACEP, from ACEP membership for a period...

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