Resiliency Key to Staying Healthy, Battling Physician Burnout
Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP, has been giving the ACEP a near-annual pep talk on burnout since the…
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Resiliency Key to Staying Healthy, Battling Physician Burnout
Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP, has been giving the ACEP a near-annual pep talk on burnout since the... -
Freakonomics Authors Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner Are ACEP14 Keynote Speakers
“We tend to think about [health care] as a totally different realm where the rules of supply... -
Emergency Physicians Don’t Follow Evidence When Prescribing Antibiotics, and That Needs to Change
Modern medicine is stuffed full of egregious waste. Whether unnecessary imaging for lower back pain, scandalous improper...
Freakonomics Authors Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner Are ACEP14 Keynote Speakers
“We tend to think about [health care] as a totally different realm where the rules of supply…
Emergency Physicians Don’t Follow Evidence When Prescribing Antibiotics, and That Needs to Change
Modern medicine is stuffed full of egregious waste. Whether unnecessary imaging for lower back pain, scandalous improper…
Tips for Handling the Bougie Airway Management Device
In the world of airway devices, there are few that have more fans than the beloved bougie….
How to Perform Positive Pressure Technique for Nasal Foreign Body Removal
The Case A 3-year-old female presents to the emergency department after placing a small bead into her…
Diagnosis, Treatment for Patient with Psoriasis, Fever, Bloating, and Rash
Temperature of 100.3°F and tachycardia at 122 beats per minute. His skin is noted to have a…
Do We Need a New Standard of Proof in Medical Malpractice Cases?
Where is tort reform headed? Caps, safe harbors—perhaps nowhere? The jury is out. Caps (financial limits) on…
Button Batteries a Swallowing Hazard for Children
Kids love to put odd objects in their mouths (and ears and nostrils and other interesting places),…
How Emergency Medicine Knowledge, Education Has Changed Since 1976
Emergency physicians in 1976 were gearing up for the ACEP annual meeting, too, although the cutting edge…
Top 10 Best, Worst Places for Emergency Physicians To Seek Jobs in 2014-2015
This is a year of change. Some trends, like the increase in opportunity for non-EM-trained physicians, are…