New Study Provides a Global Pulse Check on Emergency Medicine
A few years back, I embarked on a journalistic journey, chronicling the lives of several intrepid physicians...
ACEP Now: June 2025 (Digital)
Prehospital Buprenorphine Is a Powerful Tool in the Opioid-Crisis Fight
Drug overdoses are a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, representing a persistent and...
Visual Dx Question: What Is This Rash?
A 36-year-old man presents with fever and rash. What is the diagnosis? Measles Pityriasis rosea Scabies Tinea...
ACEP 2025 Leadership & Advocacy Conference—Showing Up on Behalf of EM!
The quote “90 percent of life is just showing up” has been attributed to various people. In...
ACEP4U: Reinventing Research Education
ACEP leaders and emergency medicine researchers knew in the late 1990s that the specialty lacked the respect...
Case Report: Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection with POCUS
A 55-year-old woman with medical history of well-controlled hypertension and renal cell carcinoma, status post-partial nephrectomy, presented...
Pros and Cons: A Mandated Four-Year Residency
PRO: Move to Mandated Four-Year Residency a Crucial Step by Andrew Garrett Little, DO, FACEP The recent...
Dr. Joe Sachs and “The Pitt” Are Redefining Public Health Education Through Storytelling
When a viewer sent a message saying they sought help for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after watching...
Case Report: When Syncope Gets Hairy
School picture day is often dreaded by children and their parents. Although finding the perfect outfit and...
10 Essentials for Your Emergency Department Fanny Pack
There is significance in the things we carry.1 The objects we choose to fill a limited space...
The Evidence for Empathy in the Emergency Department
A 68-year-old man presented with weakness and a 30-lb weight loss over the past three months. Chest...
Opinion: Demand Up, Beds Down—The Emergency Dept. Crowding Crisis
Hospital occupancy demands are projected to substantially increase over the next seven years from 75 percent to...
Opinion: The Hidden Power of Doing Less—A New Perspective on Clinician Wellness
In recent years, wellness articles for medical professionals have become nearly ubiquitous, filled with well-meaning advice on...
How Emergency Physicians Can Thrive in Value-Based Care Landscapes
The health care landscape is shifting, and emergency physicians are at the forefront of change. Although the...
ACEP Clinical Policy on Outpatient Mgmt. of Adults with Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure
On January 22, 2025, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP...
Aerospace Medicine Residency Program Pushes the Envelope
Although emergency medicine and aerospace medicine may, at first glance, seem like two fields worlds apart, both...
Apply Today: ACEP Now Is Recruiting Next Resident Fellow
ACEP Now is looking for its next resident to join our editorial team. The position is open...
Visual Dx Answer: a) Measles
The exanthem consists of erythematous macules and papules beginning at the forehead and behind the ears, eventually...
The Critical Role of Accurate Traumatic Brain Injury Coding
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) represent a significant public health concern, affecting individuals across all age groups and...
Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Life-Sustaining Therapy
Almost a decade after ACEP Now published a piece on the ethical considerations of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...
Push-Dose Pressors in the Emergency Department
Welcome to Critical Care Time, a new critical care-focused column from ACEP Now. My goal in this...
June 2025 News from the College
ACEP ED Accreditation Program Open for Business ACEP’s new Emergency Department Accreditation Program (EDAP) is ready to...
