ACEP15 Session: Cardiac Arrest Management Tips
Emergency physician and professor William Brady, MD, wants attendees of his ACEP 2015 session on cardiac arrest…
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ACEP15 Session: Cardiac Arrest Management Tips
Emergency physician and professor William Brady, MD, wants attendees of his ACEP 2015 session on cardiac arrest... -
ACEP15 Session: Time-Critical Interventions in Treating Heart Failure
Until about 10 years ago, Matthew Strehlow, MD, FACEP, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at Stanford... -
Opinion: Tactical Emergency Medicine Providers Deserve Appropriate Protective Equipment
A tactical emergency medical services (TEMS) element was on a hostage rescue call-out when things went bad,...
ACEP15 Session: Time-Critical Interventions in Treating Heart Failure
Until about 10 years ago, Matthew Strehlow, MD, FACEP, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at Stanford…
Opinion: Tactical Emergency Medicine Providers Deserve Appropriate Protective Equipment
A tactical emergency medical services (TEMS) element was on a hostage rescue call-out when things went bad,…
One-hour Acute Myocardial Infarction Rule-Out Not Ready for Prime Time
Case: A 57-year-old woman presents with left-sided chest pain that started 90 minutes ago. The pain radiates…
New Developments in Direct Oral Anticoagulant Safety and Indications
Much has changed in the realm of oral anticoagulation over the past few years. Beginning with the…
How to Use End-tidal Capnography to Monitor Asthmatic Patients
The clinical exam is inherently subjective from one provider to another, but it has even been shown…
Is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coming to an Emergency Department Near You?
Emerging infectious diseases continue to challenge emergency physicians and emergency department leaders.1 Building on prior work for…
ACEP Board Approves tPA Clinical Policy
ACEP’s “Clinical Policy: Use of Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in…
Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male…
Tourniquet Use Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new…