Have a Safe Landing
Since the emergency medicine residency started at my hospital, I do fewer procedures than before. Usually I’m...
ACEP News: Vol 31 – No 06 – June 2012
Bedside Ultrasound for the Septic Hip
The evaluation of the pediatric patient with a limp or refusal to walk or the adult patient...
Ultrasound for Appendicitis
Diagnosing appendicitis by ultrasonography was first described by Puylaert in the 1980s.1 However, many factors have prevented...
Workplace Violence Remains a Part of the Emergency Department
“She struck so fast that all I was aware of was a burning pain across my face....
ISO a Just Health Care System
I read with interest Dr. David Baehren’s opinion piece on the EMTALA mandate requiring that emergency physicians...
Political, Not Constitutional
I completely support Dr. Baehren’s argument in favor of liability protections for emergency and on-call physicians, and...
Keep Religion Out of Our Laws
I would like to respond to Dr. David Baehren’s colum titled “Let My People Go” (April 2012,...
Less Partisanship, Please
I agree with Dr. Baehren (“Let My People Go,” April 2012, p. 2) that EMTALA is unfair...
Whose EMTALA Is It, Anyway?
I would like to respond to Dr. David Baehren’s colum titled “Let My People Go” (April 2012,...
Sleeping Pill Scare Tactics
I appreciated Dr. Orman’s critique of the BMJ article “Hypnotics’ Association with Mortality or Cancer: A Matched...
Rolling in Agony Like a Chinchilla
All people are gifted. In the ED, I see a wide variety of gifts, such as yodeling,...
To OB or Not to OB – That Is the Question
I know you all have some interesting, if not bizarre, OB-related stories. I mean, the babies, they...
ACEP Responds to Proposed Liability Limit Increases
It probably wouldn’t go over too well with most people if their auto insurance company informed them...
With the Chart as My Witness
“Doctor, let me see if I understand what you’re saying. You just told the court that Melanie...
