Alternative Uses for Q-tips
In 1923, Leo Gerstenzang invented the commercial Q-tip after observing his wife attach wads of cotton to…
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Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI)
e The Case You have a 50-year-old male with bad bilateral pneumonia; BP 108/70, HR 96, RR…
Interested in Volunteering Your Medical Services for Burning Man? Learn More
After an ACEP News article about his volunteer efforts at the annual Burning Man event (“Bringing Emergency…
ED Director of the Year Announced
Dr. Rex G. Mathew of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, was named Emergency Department Director of the…
Request for Abstracts for ACEP’s Research Forum
Research published or presented in other specialties’ journals or meetings in the past year can now be…
Members Help NEMPAC Identify Pro-EM Candidates
ACEP members play a key role in the work of the National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee…
Reversal of Anticoagulation
Emergency physicians routinely encounter patients who are receiving some form of anticoagulant therapy. This population becomes increasingly…
A Clean Car Is Worth More
Everyone likes a clean car. It’s a great feeling to come out of the car wash or…
Bedside Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Abdominal, back, and flank pain are some of the more common presenting complaints of patients for whom…
I’ll Never Forget
If you practice emergency medicine long enough, you begin to accumulate a handful of experiences that you…