The Career Report: The Job Market for Emergency Physicians
I recently did a research project on the progression of emergency medicine residency programs in the past...
ACEP News: Vol 32 – No 09 – September 2013
The Moral Challenge of Morbidly Obese ED Patients
More than a-third of all Americans are obese.1 Morbid obesity, variously defined as either BMI > 40kg/m2...
EBM and the Five Stages
I read with interest Dr. Faust's column of June 2013 titled “EBM and the ‘Five Stages of...
Submersion Questions
In Critical Decisions (August 2013), “Submersion Injuries,” there are two areas I would like to question. “The...
Critical Decisions: Hyperkalemia
From the EM Model 5.0 Endocrine, Metabolic, and Nutritional Disorders 5.3 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances Hyperkalemia, defined...
The Enemy Should Not Be Us! – We Have Met the Enemy, Part III
In our 2010 all College Medical Legal survey, we learned that many ACEP members participate in the...
Clinical Guideline Review: Diagnosis of DVT
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new...
Obesity is a Disease?
The question mark at the end of the title is there not so much because I’m questioning...
Why We Tweet #ACEP13
ACEP’s annual conference, ACEP13, is just around the corner. Are you going? If so, you will see...
Starting a New Chapter
Right now, my heart is on the other side of the world. You see, my life is...
Rules for the ER
Greetings to all new emergency medicine interns. Your residency program signed you up for a free monthly...
Now You’re Just Being Absurd
Words have meaning. Books are published by various learned people in order to solidify the meaning and...
ABEM Elects 2013-14 Officers
Dr. James H. Jones, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Indiana University School...
Plane Crash Creates Unexpected Learning Environment for Medical Students
The emergency department is a major gateway of the hospital, where unexpected illnesses are triaged and vague...
Ultrasound-Guided Elbow Arthrocentesis
Introduction Emergency physicians must consider septic arthritis when evaluating patients presenting with a painful and swollen elbow....
2013 ACEP Elections
Each October at ACEP’s annual conference, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council,...
