2015 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The…
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2015 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The... -
Opinion: Tips for Surviving Your First Year on the Board of Directors
In the beginning, through perseverance, dedication, and plain luck, you find yourself nominated to run for 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...
Opinion: Tips for Surviving Your First Year on the Board of Directors
In the beginning, through perseverance, dedication, and plain luck, you find yourself nominated to run for 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…
Opinion: “Allopathic” Incorrect Term to Differentiate Between MDs, DOs
Since when did an essentially incoherent term replace “medical doctor”? I’m talking about “allopathic,” which literally means…
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…
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in…
Palcohol: Powdered Alcohol Dangers that Emergency Physicians Should Know
Powdered alcohol could soon be sold in stores throughout the United States, but some say the product,…
5 Tips to Boost Your Efficiency at Work
Scenario 1 It’s 3 a.m. You have a monster day tomorrow working clinically in the emergency department,…