Texas Member Dr. Alison Haddock Chosen ACEP President-Elect
Alison Haddock, MD, FACEP, was chosen as ACEP’s new President-Elect by Council at ACEP23, Oct. 8 at...
ACEP Now: Vol 42 – No 11 – November 2023
The Great Surge in Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies
A 15-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) after he jumped from the second floor...
Residency Spotlight: Cleveland Clinic Akron General
What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else? We are the first community emergency...
ACEP Council Tackles Key Issues During Philadelphia Meeting
More than 60 resolutions were considered during the ACEP23 Council Meeting in Philadelphia in October, with many...
EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients
A disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the...
Looking At the First 10 Years of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine
Like many other countries around the world, emergency medicine has proven to be one of the fastest-growing...
A Job Search Survey of 2023 Residency Graduates
The emergency medicine workforce is an important issue with ramifications for physicians relocating or retiring, medical students...
Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients
Background As Electronic Health Information (EHI) has increased in prominence, the U.S. federal government has set the...
How Long Should an Emergency Medicine Residency Be?
U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four versus three years. Two...
27 Degrees is No Accident
“So how long has he been in jail? I mean his core temp is 27.” I think...
Let’s Talk: Emergency Physicians Can Convey Critical Prior Care PHI Immediately
The Case A two-year-old female, seen three days ago at different local emergency department (ED)—Children’s General—presents with...
Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Case A 74-year-old man presents with vomiting of blood for two days. He has a history of...
A Seven-Step Approach to Massive Hemoptysis
One of the most hair-raising presentations to the emergency department (ED) can be massive hemoptysis with respiratory...
What Is the Best Defibrillation Strategy for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?
A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. He was found by bystanders...
How To Identify and Work With Neglected Children in the ED
Case A four-year-old male is brought via EMS for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The EMS technician expresses frustration...
A Safety Solution for Emergency Department Staff and Patients
Physicians, nurses, and staff in emergency departments (EDs) across the country have encountered workplace violence for years....
Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and is...
November 2023 News from the College
ACEP Calls Out Insurer Abuses During Surprise Billing Congressional Hearing ACEP member Seth Bleier, MD, FACEP, testified...
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