ACEP News: Vol 31 – No 10 – October 2012 Archives

The Sixth Vital Sign

Oct 01, 2012 - By David F. Baehren, M.D.

Pain control is very important. Over the past decade or so, you’d have to have been in...

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Dr. John C. Moorhead has assumed the office of President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine....

Oct 01, 2012 - By John G. Holstein

Regardless of one’s loyalties, anyone who has attended or seen professional football games played in the last...

Oct 01, 2012 - By Susan Fuchs, MD & Catherine A. Marco, M.D.

Revise position on short courses. Recently the ACEP board of directors approved a policy statement denouncing the...

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Presented at Scientific Asembly, Denver, Colo. Michael L. Carius, M.D. John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award Dr. Carius...

Oct 01, 2012 - By Lisa M. Bundy, M.D.

I love RBTs. They are awesome. What are RBTs, you ask? OK, OK. Explanation forthcoming. It’s tough...

Oct 01, 2012 - By Douglas Bernstein, M.D. and Sigrid A. Hahn, M.D.

Emergency physicians frequently evaluate and manage patients with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding during the first trimester...

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Emergency physicians must often manage critically ill patients whose hemodynamic status is unclear, especially early in the...

Oct 01, 2012 - By Lori Stahl Special Contributor to ACEP News

As the political campaign season swings into high gear, emergency physicians are engaged as never before with...

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Each October at Scientific Assembly, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council, which...

Oct 01, 2012 - By Boris D. Veysman, M.D.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn....

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I recently came across two articles pertaining to the peri-intubation; one made me very happy (b/c it...