Tips on Treating Medical Emergencies at End of Life for Patients Who Don’t Want Resuscitation
Your patient has terminal metastatic cancer. In his record, you find a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment…
Posts by Donna Petrozzello
ACEP Weighs In on Federal Regulatory Updates on Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Outpatient Observation, and More
ACEP has been instrumental in supporting and influencing recent federal regulations. In addition to a lawsuit against…
The Internet of Medical Things, Useful Devices for Emergency Physicians
The era of the Internet of Medical Things (IOMT) can be best summarized into five broad categories…
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the ED: Exciting Medicine, Ethical Challenges
A previously healthy 45-year-old man is brought into the emergency department with chest pain and arrests immediately…
ACEP President Dr. Jay Kaplan Responds to Comment about Statement on Orlando Mass Shooting
Dr. Durston – In response to your allegation that my response to the Orlando mass shooting was…
A Safe Space: Violence Toward Emergency Department Providers Isn’t Just Part of the Job
In April this year, I published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Workplace…
ACEP Issues Statement on Orlando Mass Shooting
In response to the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, ACEP President Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP, issued the…
Run, Hide, Fight: How to React When There’s Gunfire in the Emergency Department
Once considered places of sanctuary from violence, hospitals are now becoming desecrated by the ravages of a…
ACEP Applauds House Passage of Mental Health Legislation
Following Congressional progress toward providing additional resources for patients with serious mental illness, ACEP has applauded the…
