What ED Performance Measures Should Mean to You
Important data sources and applications of ED measures and how they can impact the practice of emergency…
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An Intubation Checklist for Emergency Department Physicians
The EMCrit call/response checklist offers tips to prepare patients and ED teams, gather equipment needed to perform…
A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain
Instead of imaging, a clinical history and physical exam can safely evaluate back pain in ED patients…
A Rational Approach to the Opioid-Seeking Patient
How emergency physicians can minimize stress, avoid confrontations while meeting patient needs Drug Diversion and Abuse Is…
How to Recognize, Treat Victims of Sex Trafficking
Emergency medicine providers must have keen interviewing skills, an ability to convey openness and kindness to the…
ICD-9 to ICD-10: The Coding Migration
How the International Classification of Diseases coding system got its start and why emergency physicians should know…
Emergency Medicine and the Affordable Care Act
As practitioners of universal coverage, EM providers should be at forefront of discussions about health care rights…
Clinical Policy on tPA for Ischemic Stroke Important for Emergency Medicine
Revising the use of thrombolytics in ischemic stroke could reverse nationally accepted practices, guidelines in the ED…
The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula, Then and Now
How the SGR Medicare physician-payment formula became flawed and why a fix is unlikely in 2014 Even…
Myths in Emergency Medicine
Emergency physicians dispel common beliefs about contrast allergies, antibiotics in nasal packing, tap water as an irrigation…