How Long Will Meningitis/Encephalitis PCR Panel Remain Positive After Antibiotics?
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled by—those…
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Pediatric Fever and Illness Correlations
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled by—those…
A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community…
Emergency Departments and the Growing Mental Health Crisis
While the COVID-19 pandemic certainly impacted Americans’ mental health, ED visits for psychiatric needs had been steadily…
Space Medicine: Emergency Physicians Voyage Into the Final Frontier
2024 APEX Award winning article An astronaut steps onto the rust-red surface of Mars, above her the…
May 2023 News From the College
ACEP Board, Council Election Candidates Finalized ACEP’s Nominating Committee has selected the slate of candidates for 2023….
Poetry Category Winner: And Breathe—The 2022 Medical Humanities Writing Award Winners
Every year, ACEP’s Medical Humanities Section hosts its Writing and Visual Arts Awards as part of the…
Part 1: Ethical Considerations in Treating Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies
Case Presentation A 15-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) via EMS for evaluation after getting…
When Emergency Physicians are Fatigued
Case It’s 7 a.m. and your day shift relief finds you face-down, asleep, and drooling on the…
How To: The Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
Injuries to the upper extremity (e.g., fractures, dislocations, lacerations, abscesses, and foreign bodies) are common, but can…