ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 07 – July 2020 Archives

Ethical Protection of Powerless Populations

Jul 08, 2020 - By V. Ramana Feeser, MD; Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, FACEP; and Erik Blutinger, MD, MSc

COVID-19 is highlighting health inequalities that span race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status as emerging data show the...

Endovascular Therapy With or Without tPA—What Do the Studies Say?

Jul 15, 2020 - By

The Case A 61-year-old healthy female presents with two hours of right-side weakness as well as slurred...

The Case for Resident Hazard Pay

Jul 21, 2020 - By Christopher Clifford, MD

A recent survey of 91 residency programs in New York City showed that at least 340 residents...

Residency Spotlight: Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine

Jul 21, 2020 - By

Twitter: @VUMC_EM Location: Nashville, Tennessee Year founded: 1993 Current number of residents: 39 Program length: 3 years...

It’s Time to Standardize the Nomenclature of Acute Care Telemedicine

Jul 15, 2020 - By Jesse Pines MD, MBA, MSCE; and Amer Aldeen, MD, FACEP

Telemedicine refers to the use of technology to create a virtual connection between clinicians and patients to...

CRASH, a Mnemonic for the Physiological Difficult Airway

Jul 21, 2020 - By Rachel Munn, DO; Jarrod Mosier, MD, FCCM; Darren Braude, MD; Calvin A. Brown, III, MD; and Fred Ellinger, Jr., NRP

There are two causes of difficult airway: anatomy and physiology. These two factors are not always equally...

Q&A with a Real-life Doc from the TV Series Untold Stories of the ER

Jul 21, 2020 - By

Emergency medicine pioneer Robert Slay, MD, recently discussed his emergency medicine career and his acting with ACEP...

An Online ACEP Discussion Forum Produces a COVID-19 Field Guide

Jul 21, 2020 - By Jordan Grantham

As of mid-June, ACEP’s Field Guide to COVID-19 Care in the Emergency Department had grown to more...

Figure 1: TEE probe (A) includes a controller with two wheels and two lateral buttons, an endoscopic shaft, and a probe head (B). The probe head houses the piezoelectric crystals that generate the ultrasound beam.

How to Perform Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

Jul 21, 2020 - By Michael O’Neil, MD; Arun Nagdev, MD; and Felipe Teran, MD

Bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become an invaluable tool in emergency and critical care medicine. Bedside assessment...

‘It’s Not a Female Resident Problem’

Jul 21, 2020 - By Anita Chary, MD, PhD; Emily Cleveland, MD, MPH; Farah Dadabhoy, MD, MSc; Melanie Molina, MD; Margaret Samuels-Kalow, MD, MPhil, MSHP; and Adaira Landry, MD, MEd

Scenario 1: A male surgical resident speaks over a female emergency medicine resident as she performs her...

What’s to Be Done About Unethical Expert Witnesses?

Jul 21, 2020 - By Gita Pensa, MD

Note: Part 2 of a 2-part series. “There are a lot of physicians out there that don’t...

Tips for Managing Active Seizures in the Emergency Department

Jul 21, 2020 - By

Although most seizures resolve spontaneously in one to three minutes, the seizures we typically face in the...

Registration Is Open for ACEP20: Unconventional

Jul 15, 2020 - By

An unprecedented year calls for an unconventional convention! After thoughtfully considering many different options and ideas, ACEP...

ACEP Council Resolutions Are Due July 26

Jul 15, 2020 - By

As part of ACEP20: Unconventional, the Council will meet virtually on Oct. 24–25. All ACEP members are...

ACEP Members Can Skip to the Front of the Amazon Line

Jul 19, 2020 - By

When members told us they were having trouble buying essential supplies like hand sanitizer and household disinfectant,...

Improve Your Emergency Department’s Pain and Addiction Care

Jul 21, 2020 - By

We may be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the opioid epidemic isn’t going away....

COVID-19 Physician Wellness Hub Helps You Find the Right Support

Jul 21, 2020 - By

Just like race car drivers have to make pit stops to refuel during a long race, you...

ABEM Modifies Certification Deadlines Due to COVID-19

Jul 21, 2020 - By

In order to meet the challenges of COVID-19, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) has modified...

ACEP’s Virtual Grand Rounds Program to Continue Through 2021

Jul 21, 2020 - By

ACEP’s Academic Affairs and Education Committee created the monthly Virtual Grand Rounds program in April as a...

ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 07 – July 2020

Current Issue