Emergency Medicine in Norway
In February 2013, I was contacted by a Norwegian anesthesiologist who had heard through the grapevine that…
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Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1…
Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration…
ACEP Board of Directors Nominations Due March 16
The ACEP Nominating Committee is accepting individual and component body recommendations for the ACEP Board of Directors….
2019 Research Highlights: Seizures, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Arrest, and Sepsis
Each year, the medical evidence piles inexorably higher. Even though it’s literally impossible to keep up, we…
ACEP Working with The Joint Commission on Common Concerns
After conducting an all-member survey to collect feedback about concerning The Joint Commission (TJC) regulations, ACEP has…
Opinion: We Shouldn’t Compromise on Moral Convictions
I noticed in the “News from the College Section” of the December 2019 issue of ACEP Now…
When Do Patients Arrive in the Emergency Department?
Most emergency departments have a recognizable patient arrival pattern. This graph depicts the average pattern of select…
FACEPs in the Crowd: Drs. Edens, Smith, and Cornelius
Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP Mary Ann Edens, MD, FACEP, EM residency director at Louisiana Health Shreveport,…