In the course of a typical week, we frequently encounter patients who are intoxicated, belligerent, or cantankerous....

After starting residency about a year ago, I realized that the free time I once took for...

A patient arrives drunk at 3 a.m. with a chief complaint of back pain, toothache, headache, or...

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) will administer the...

Tucked away deep within the 2,000-plus pages of the recently upheld Affordable Care Act is a tiny...

Patient satisfaction is a buzzword in health care and in Washington. If you Google “patient satisfaction,” you...

The goal of this article is to provide background on national quality measure reporting and reimbursement programs...

Identifying the cause of acute dyspnea in the emergency department is often challenging, even for the most...

It is estimated that anywhere from 72 to 74 million people in the United States aged 20...

Case: A 55-year-old woman with metastatic ovarian cancer is brought into your emergency department from home, unaccompanied,...

I have come to think that the Fat Man was right. And Jo, possibly, was an idiot....

The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new...

Emergency medicine clinicians engaged in research are not often aware of many fundamental principles in conducting and...

About 2 weeks ago a gentleman from Sydney visited Denver. He had left Sydney over a week...