Combating COVID in the Hospital, Community, and Media
While treating COVID-19 patients has been challenging in many ways for emergency physicians working in hospitals, those…
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Q&A with New ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz
I had the opportunity to briefly see Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, between meetings in Boston as she…
Quarantine the Oral Boards
Doctors are good at standardized tests. It remains unclear whether those tests are good for the doctors….
Conversation with ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz
ACEP Now Medical Editor in Chief Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP, sat down with ACEP President Gillian…
Vaccine Passports Could Allow Infections to Be Missed; PCR Tests Useful Even for Vaccinated
“Vaccine passports” that exempt vaccinated people from regular COVID-19 testing would allow many infections to be missed,…
New Multiplex PCR Assay for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Being Investigated
The incidence of lung disease from nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been increasing worldwide, in both immunocompromised and…
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As…
Interphysician Weight Bias in the House of Medicine
The Case You are sitting in a committee meeting, discussing an application to promote another physician in…
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the…
By the Numbers: Workplace Injuries
In 2019, hospitals reported 5.5 workplace injuries/illnesses per 100 employees — more than construction or manufacturing (source)…