Emergency department flow and reduction of patient walkaway are both very important performance measures. Flow requires coordinated…
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are a source of angst for practicing emergency physicians everywhere. Why should this…
Michael Bishop, MD, FACEP, an emergency physician at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital and former member of…
Arun Nagdev, MD, Emily Lovallo, MD, and Brian Johnson, MD, MPH, explain how to perform an ultrasound-guided…
On May 12, 2015, ACEP joined more than 30 other health care and elders’ rights groups to…
Case A 48-year-old man presents to your ED complaining of a two-day history of a warm, painful,…
The ultrasound-guided distal sciatic nerve block is the ideal block for patients with distal leg and ankle…
Soon, your hospital or group will be expecting you to document your emergency visits in an ICD-10-CM–friendly…
Comment Good to know that computed tomography (CT) scans are worthless in these cases. I will be…
Children, for whatever reason, have a predilection for swallowing coins. Perhaps it’s the taste or that they’re…