Is It My Heart, Doc?
This is an important question. And I have to try to answer it every day. Sometimes several…
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The Signs Are All Around Us
This one goes out to the late, great Andy Rooney. I’m just old enough to remember Rooney…
Moment Slips Away, But Patient Doesn’t
What’s more fun than a resident turning bright red? A resident turning bright fuchsia!! Yeah! Well, during…
A Slice of Chocolate Pie
My daughter finished school at noon. I had packed the car that morning, so we all piled…
Value of Emergency Medicine
In addition to a press release issued at last month’s Leadership and Advocacy Conference to highlight the…
New Study: EPs Key to Reducing Health Care Costs
A recent study by the RAND Corporation found emergency physicians are key decision-makers for nearly half of…
An Acute Inability to Cope
Medical students often pose the question to me, “Don’t you get tired of the dental pain and…
An open letter to central line packaging engineers
Dear Sirs, First, thank you for putting all the tools I need into one sterile package, minimizing…
We have met the enemy (Part II)
[Editor’s Note: Last month’s column discussed dealing with an unethical expert before a trial.] What can you…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Dr. James Mitchiner wrote in ACEP News (August 2012) that he was committed to single…