Interphysician Weight Bias in the House of Medicine
The Case You are sitting in a committee meeting, discussing an application to promote another physician in…
ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 11 – November 2021
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Interphysician Weight Bias in the House of Medicine
The Case You are sitting in a committee meeting, discussing an application to promote another physician in... -
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the... -
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As...
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the…
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As…
By the Numbers: Workplace Injuries
In 2019, hospitals reported 5.5 workplace injuries/illnesses per 100 employees — more than construction or manufacturing (source)…
Several States Protect Physicians Who Apologize, But Be Careful
Figure 1: “I’m Sorry” Laws by State. Chris Whissen & Shuttestock.com I have always strived to apologize…
Do We Give Kids IV Fluids Too Freely?
Question: In light of the Choosing Wisely campaign regarding oral antiemetic medications in children with acute gastroenteritis,…
Geriatric Trauma Myths and Misperceptions: Part 2
Last month we debunked five myths about trauma and triage in older patients—the fastest growing population in…
Rare But Emerging Conditions Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines
Living up to its former name, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, the pathophysiology of what is now currently called…
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Creates COVID-19 Guideline
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Sept. 7, 2021, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Residency Spotlight: New York Presbyterian Queens
What makes your department a unique place to learn emergency medicine? We see approximately 130,000 patients per…