Opinion: Doctors, Get X Waivered and Ban the X Waiver
How many saves do we really make? We count the dramatic ones, like that rare thoracotomy that…
Opioid Crisis
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Opinion: Doctors, Get X Waivered and Ban the X Waiver
How many saves do we really make? We count the dramatic ones, like that rare thoracotomy that... -
ACEP Urges Removal of Obstacles to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services compiles a report for Congress on treating opioid... -
ACEP Shares Opioid Resources with FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is interested in the development of resources to reduce the...
ACEP Shares Opioid Resources with FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is interested in the development of resources to reduce the…
ACEP’s End-of-Fiscal-Year Report
At the end of our fiscal year, I traditionally present a year-end recap of the new projects…
A Unified Naloxone-Guideline Graph
This graph is an easy-to-understand guideline to help determine if a patient’s clinical status is likely to…
In States with Most Overdose Deaths, Poor Patients Struggle to Find Treatment
Poor people with opioid use disorders may struggle to find doctors to prescribe the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine…
How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided TAP Block for Appendicitis Pain
Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the…
Emergency Physician Advocates for SUD Funding on Capitol Hill
Eric Ketcham, MD, FACEP, participated in a congressional briefing sponsored by the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose…
ED-Initiated Medication-Assisted Therapy: 1 Hospital’s Experience
By now, you would literally have to be living under a rock not to be aware of…
Reduce Opioid Duration and Quantity to Limit Use, Avoid Addiction
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part of an ongoing series on what emergency physicians can do…