Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the Emergency Department
A 62-year-old female patient presents with fever, cough, and an infiltrate on her chest radiograph. She receives…
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Residency Spotlight: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Twitter: @dallasemed Location: Dallas, Texas Year founded: 1997 Program length: 3 years Current number of residents: 66 What sets…
Improve Opioid Use Disorder Management by Changing Resident Training
The last decade has witnessed a brutal toll of opioid-related suffering and deaths. Opioid addiction has shifted from…
ACEP Expands Its emPOC App
ACEP just released an expanded version of its emPOC app, and now it includes many more helpful…
Malpractice Litigation in the Era of COVID-19
Physicians are used to seeing billboards and daytime television advertisements for plaintiff’s attorney firms. Our reactions to…
ABEM’s New President Discusses MyEMCert and More
Dr. Mary Nan S. Mallory tackles critical EM certification issues for ACEP Now The American Board of…
5 Tips on Testicular Torsion
A 20-year-old healthy man arrives at the emergency department at 4 a.m. complaining of one hour of…
In Emergency Medicine, Mistakes Are Harsh Teachers
In emergency medicine, no one ever wants to make a mistake. We assume worst first because at…
What’s the Best Intervention for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
There are always times when our attempts to educate individual patients on evidence-based medicine fall short. This…
ACEP Surveys Members About COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed life for emergency physicians on the front lines who are risking their own lives…