2018 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates
Each year, ACEP’s Council elects new leaders for the College at its meeting. The Council, which represents…
Dr. Vidor Friedman on Stepping into the Role of ACEP’s President-Elect
In June, Vidor E. Friedman, MD, FACEP, was elected by the ACEP Board of Directors (BOD) to…
Dr. John Rogers Pens Post-Resignation Letter to ACEP Council
To the ACEP Council: It has been a little more than a week since my resignation as…
Emergency Medicine’s 50-Year Evolution of Airway Management
My first response on being asked to write an article on the progression of emergency airway management…
Sometimes Opioids Are Necessary
Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to May’s Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine column, “Lidocaine for Renal…
Disciplines Clash Over Opioid Abuse Research
This month, we offer the second installment of our new feature in ACEP Now that highlights key…
Incrementalization of the Cunningham Technique for Anterior Shoulder Reduction
In my own career and from watching hundreds of colleagues, residents, and other clinical staff, I am…
The Danger Assessment Tool Determines Patients’ Risk of Domestic Abuse
The Case Anna comes to your emergency department after her boyfriend hit her several times in the…
How to Help Victims of Intimate-Partner Violence
The Case A 32-year-old female with facial injuries is brought to the emergency department by her sister….
Medical Expulsive Therapy No Longer Recommended for Ureterolithiasis
It wasn’t so long ago that there was absolute consensus on the use of medical expulsive therapy…
Insurance Does Not Guarantee Access to Follow-Up Appointments
We address a common misconception, even elicited by former President Barack Obama, that increasing health insurance coverage…
Study Highlights Lack of Outpatient Services, Even For Insured Patients
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
Twitter Hashtag #TipsForNewDocs Contains a Wealth of Wisdom
Conventional wisdom tells patients to avoid the hospital in July. With hospitals teeming with a fresh crop…
EM:RAP GO and ACEP Team Up to Give ACEP18 Scholarships
EM:RAP GO and ACEP have teamed up to give ACEP18 registration scholarships to 20 international emergency physicians….
Highlights from ACEP’s 50th Anniversary Photo Book
Bring ’Em All, the 50th anniversary photo book, embodies the spirit and the lifeblood of emergency medicine:…
ACEP Board of Directors June 2018 Meeting Summary
This is an abbreviated summary of the June 2018 ACEP Board of Directors meeting. For a full…
ACEP’s Teaching Award Winners
National Junior Faculty Teaching Award Anne Messman, MD, FACEPMichigan Chapter Joan Noelker, MDMissouri Chapter Adriana Olson, MDTexas…
ACEP Meets and Works with Other Medical-Industry Groups
ACEP senior leadership recently attended the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) meeting. The…
Should I Purchase My Residence During Residency?
The questions of whether to buy a house during residency and whether to pay off a mortgage…
