Gunshot Victim Share Experiences from Las Vegas Mass Shooting
On Oct. 1, 2017, attendees of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas were…
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Gunshot Victim Share Experiences from Las Vegas Mass Shooting
On Oct. 1, 2017, attendees of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas were... -
Emergency Physician and Victim Share Experiences from Las Vegas Mass Shooting
On Oct. 1, 2017, attendees of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas were... -
Emergency Departments Often First Point of Care for Domestic Violence Trauma, Injury Cases
I recently spent a month rotating on the trauma service at my hospital. One day early in...
Emergency Physician and Victim Share Experiences from Las Vegas Mass Shooting
On Oct. 1, 2017, attendees of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas were…
Emergency Departments Often First Point of Care for Domestic Violence Trauma, Injury Cases
I recently spent a month rotating on the trauma service at my hospital. One day early in…
What Emergency Physicians Can Learn from Stab Wounds
The Case: A 58-year-old male presents to the emergency department in cardiac arrest after sustaining a stab…
Injuries from Inner-City Guns Reignite Plea to Stop the Violence
“Don’t let me die,” he told me. As I provided supplemental oxygen to him at the head…
Firearm-Related Hospitalizations Cost U.S. Billions in Health Care Costs
(Reuters Health) – The initial hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries in the United States cost an average of…
Gun Violence Is Studied Less than Other Major Causes of Death
(Reuters Health) – Research examining gun violence, and the funding to support it, significantly lags behind what…
ACEP Now Readers Weigh in on Firearms, Gun Violence
What is missing from this is the public health perspective in preventing these tragedies. In particular, it…
Opinion: Firearm Injury Prevention Is More Than Pro/Con Debate
We read with interest the recent pro/con debate in ACEP Now (July 2016) about gun control. This…
ACEP Now Reader Challenges Reference Source in Active Shooter Article; Author Responds
Dr. Mell: Just now during down time on my night shift, I took the opportunity to read…
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With regard to state legislative activity regulating the opioid prescribing practices of emergency physicians, which of the following wouId you support? Check all that apply.
- Restrictions on duration (36%, 229 Votes)
- Restrictions of quantity (34%, 219 Votes)
- Mandatory checking of prescription drug monitoring systems for all opioid prescriptions from the ED (30%, 194 Votes)
Total Voters: 367
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