What’s Your Risk of Getting COVID-19 by Providing Emergency Care?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency physicians and nurses became critically needed to address the ensuing patient…
Blog Archives
How To Use Video-Assisted Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
Airway technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and many emergency departments (EDs) now stock video laryngoscopes…
How to Manage Acute Agitation in Children
Acute agitation in children in the emergency department (ED) can be hazardous and distressing to patients, families…
Readers Respond: The Death of Diphenhyramine, Firearms in the ED, and More
The Death of Diphenhydramine I too would never bury Benadryl. I well remember our collective professional relief…
The Challenges of Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke
When compared to anterior circulation ischemic stroke, the presentation of posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS) is often…
Stories from the Ukrainian War: How Doctors and Refugees are Surviving
Svetlana Zakharchenko, DO, an emergency physician in New Jersey, left Ukraine for the United States 30 years…
Get Those Emergency Medicine Grant Applications Ready!
The Emergency Medicine Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary by doing what it does best—awarding more grant…
A Novel Technique to Treat a Dental Avulsion
Case Summary A 32-year-old male presented after a fall from standing. He had a right lateral incisor…
Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients
We wrote such beautiful essays and personal statements on our medical school and residency applications. But, over…
Dr. Aisha Terry Chosen 2022 ACEP President-Elect
On Thursday, Sept. 29 in San Francisco, Aisha T. Terry, MD, MPH, FACEP, from Washington, D.C., was…