Experiencing Wilderness Medicine at New River Gorge
In July 2013, a unique educational offering for medical residents and students was created in the New...
ACEP News: Vol 32 – No 12 – December 2013
EPs Give Training, Support to Tanzania ED
As an emergency physician, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind of reimbursement challenges,...
Atrial Fib in the ED: Assessing Stroke Risk
Atrial fibrillation (afib) is the most commonly diagnosed arrhythmia, affecting 2.7 million in the United States. Afib...
A Grand Decade Draws to a Close
Ten years ago Ron Cunningham, then Director of Communications for the American College of Emergency Physicians, was...
George Podgorny, MD – Advocate And Architect of Emergency Medicine
Life has sweet and sad moments, sometimes too closely juxtaposed. At the October 2013 ACEP Scientific Assembly...
ER Jingle Bells
Verse 1: Driving down the road, when something from the sky, Drifts down onto your car, and...
Critical Decisions: Acute Otitis Media In Children
From the EM Model 7.0 Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders 7.1 Ear Acute otitis media (AOM)...
Emergency Department Aphorisms
Severe acute pain should be treated aggressively, even if you don’t yet know the cause. When you...
Oh, I wish I Were an Oscar Mayer Wiener
Around 14 years ago, the FDA, that wise government agency that gave the thumbs up to the...
Learning From the Alcoholic Down the Hall
Have you ever saved an alcoholic? To my knowledge I never have. When I started residency, I...
I’m Just Asking About Who Gets Jobs Where
I’ve noticed something. At tertiary care hospitals, such as Level 1 trauma centers, there are all manner...
