Emergency Care Exempted From Balance Billing Ban
The fraying safety net of emergency medicine received a reprieve recently, largely due to several ACEP members…
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ACEP Clinical Policy Review: Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
In the June 2011 issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians…
Summertime Is ‘Swimmer’s Ear’ Season
June 1, 2011
- Emily Piercefield, MD, DVM; Sarah Collier, MPH; Michele Hlavsa, RN, MPH; Michael Brady, MD; and Michael Beach, PhD
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Acute otitis externa (AOE), known as “swimmer’s ear,” is a common problem encountered in emergency medicine practice,…
Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound
The 2008 ACEP Policy Statement on Emergency Ultrasound Guidelines includes the evaluation of intravascular volume status and…
Get the Latest Research In the June Annals
Here is a look at two articles published in the June issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine….
Proposed Measures on CT Scans Cause Concern
The American College of Emergency Physicians has raised red flags over proposed measures aimed at CT scan…
Emergency Physicians’ Role in Health Care Stewardship
It is 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning when a 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department…
AAEM, Small Groups Join EM Action Fund
Recognizing the potential threat to the independent practice of emergency medicine, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine…
Network Promotes Emergency Care Research
In May 2009, emergency physicians from seven Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions met at the…
Quiet Competence
In the 200 years since José Gaspar held women for ransom on Captiva Island in Florida, things…