Work Hard, Play Hard with EMRA at ACEP18
The Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) activities at ACEP18 begin with a hardcore simulation competition and finish…
About Dawn Antoline-Wang
Ms. Antoline-Wang is editor of ACEP Now.
Posts by Dawn Antoline-Wang
ACEP Defending “Prudent Layperson” in Court
In its escalating fight against Anthem BlueCross BlueShield’s dangerous policy of retroactive denials of ED visits the…
Fidaxomicin May Be Best Choice for C. difficile
Fidaxomicin merits placement ahead of vancomycin and other agents in treatment of Clostridium difficile infections, according to…
Time-to-Hospital May Be Key to Disparate Results in Studies on Pre-Hospital Plasma Administration
Two large studies have come to conflicting conclusions about whether emergency medical technicians should give plasma to…
Compliance with SEP-1 Quality Measure Does Not Affect Sepsis Mortality
Compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) SEP-1 quality measure does not improve sepsis…
Unintended Buprenorphine Exposure Among Children a Growing Problem
U.S. poison centers received more than 11,000 calls from 2007 to 2016 related to unintended pediatric exposures…
Stress Echo Offers Alternative to Coronary CT for Chest-pain Triage in the Emergency Department
Stress echocardiography (SE) may be a good alternative to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) when triaging patients…
The Complexities of Recognizing and Responding to Trafficked Patients in the ED
May 25, 2018
- Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, MD, MPH, on behalf of the ACEP Human Trafficking Work Group
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Labor and sex trafficking are the two major forms of human trafficking occurring in the United States….
Proactive Approach Urged to Chemical-Weapons Attacks
Physicians and health care systems need to establish strategies for recognizing and responding to the unlikely occurrence…
Tick, Mosquito-Borne Infections Surge in United States
The number of Americans sickened each year by bites from infected mosquitoes, ticks or fleas tripled from…