Ethical Protection of Powerless Populations
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?
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
A recent survey of 91 residency programs in New York City showed that at least 340 residents…
Residency Spotlight: Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine
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
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
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
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
As of mid-June, ACEP’s Field Guide to COVID-19 Care in the Emergency Department had grown to more…
How to Perform Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
Bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become an invaluable tool in emergency and critical care medicine. Bedside assessment…
‘It’s Not a Female Resident Problem’
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?
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
Although most seizures resolve spontaneously in one to three minutes, the seizures we typically face in the…
Registration Is Open for ACEP20: Unconventional
An unprecedented year calls for an unconventional convention! After thoughtfully considering many different options and ideas, ACEP…
ACEP Council Resolutions Are Due July 26
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
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
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
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
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
ACEP’s Academic Affairs and Education Committee created the monthly Virtual Grand Rounds program in April as a…