Event Medicine: Where Fun and Safety Sing in Perfect Harmony
Emergency physicians are taking their skills out of the ED to provide medical care at music festivals, marathons, and other large-scale events.
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Event Medicine: Where Fun and Safety Sing in Perfect Harmony
Emergency physicians are taking their skills out of the ED to provide medical care at music festivals, marathons, and other large-scale events. -
Trauma First Aid at the 2025 Boston Marathon
A BIDMC Disaster Medicine Fellowship project at the Boston Marathon is creating a new model for trauma preparedness and response at mass gatherings worldwide. -
Prehospital Buprenorphine Is a Powerful Tool in the Opioid-Crisis Fight
Drug overdoses are a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, representing a persistent and...
Trauma First Aid at the 2025 Boston Marathon
A BIDMC Disaster Medicine Fellowship project at the Boston Marathon is creating a new model for trauma preparedness and response at mass gatherings worldwide.
Prehospital Buprenorphine Is a Powerful Tool in the Opioid-Crisis Fight
Drug overdoses are a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, representing a persistent and…
Emergency Medicine and EMS Have Grown in Parallel Tracks for 50 Years
Jon Krohmer, MD, FACEP, who says he has “the EMS blood type,” practically had a front row…
An Open Letter from ACEP’s Tactical and Law Enforcement Medicine Section
I watched the traffic stop video of Tyre Nichols with an all-too-familiar mix of revulsion, sadness, and…
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As…
To Combat Potential Implicit Bias in EMS, Diversify the Workforce
Unconscious bias, the subject Uché Blackstock, MD, wrote a November 2019 column on in ACEP Now, can…
Is There Systemic Racism in EMS?
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
ACEP, NAEMT Partner to Celebrate EMS Week
The 45th National EMS Week is May 19-25, 2019, bringing together local communities and medical personnel to…
New Out-Of-Hospital Care Models Could Affect Your Emergency Dept
“Whoop, whoop, whoop!” The EMS radio alerts the ED staff to an incoming patient. Minutes later arrives…