ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 07 – July 2014 Archives

ACEP 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference Highlights

Jul 08, 2014 - By Kathryn Dierks, MD, and L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP

Nearly 550 attendees at Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC) this year explored major issues of health care...

Emergency Department, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Public Policy, Health Insurance, Workforce

Emergency Department Visits On the Rise

Jul 08, 2014 - By Karen Appold

An online poll of emergency physicians conducted by ACEP showed that 86 percent of respondents expect emergency...

Google Glass May Help Emergency Physicians Improve Patient Care

Jul 08, 2014 - By Carol Patton

Last September, emergency physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston began testing a new technology...

7 Best Practices to Reduce Emergency Department Misuse

Jul 08, 2014 - By By Stephen H. Anderson, MD, FACEP, and Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD, FACEP

After a three-year saga of flawed public policy, difficult politics, and dangerous regulations, Washington Chapter ACEP is...

How Emergency Physicians Should Treat Chronic Pain Patients Without Adequate Follow Up

Jul 08, 2014 - By

Scenario 1: Mr. Smith is a 42-year-old male who has come to the ED because he is...

Should Cricoid Pressure Be Used During Rapid Sequence Intubation?

Jul 08, 2014 - By Scott D. Weingart, MD, FCCM, and John D. Hinds, MB BCh, BAO

Note to readers: The following piece is a tongue-in-cheek condemnation of the evidentiary base for the use...

Opinion: Non-Emergency Physician Members Could Strengthen ACEP

Jul 08, 2014 - By Richard Stennes, MD

From the Medical Editor in Chief: This is an important issue for our College, worthy of our...

ACEP-Supported Issues, Bills at the 2014 Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Jul 08, 2014 - By K. Kay Moody, DO, MPH

Mental Health The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 (H.R. 3717) This bill proposes...

5 Steps to Help Physicians Choose the Right Mutual Fund

Jul 08, 2014 - By

Question. I feel overwhelmed when I see all of the mutual funds available in my 401(k). How...

Questions Emergency Physicians Should Ask a Potential Employer

Jul 08, 2014 - By

It has been reported that up to 70 percent of emergency physicians leave their first job within...

How To Use Continuous Wall Suction for Paracentesis

Jul 09, 2014 - By Jordan Jeong, DO, Justin McNamee, DO, and Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, FACOEP-D

A quick and safe way to drain this fluid without tying up resources at the bedside. ...

How to Perform an Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture

Jul 09, 2014 - By Arun Nagdev, MD, Christine Riguzzi, MD, Oron Frenkel, MD, and Daniel Mantuani, MD

Integration of ultrasound when determining ideal needle entry in a difficult case can prevent repeated failed attempts...

Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine

Jul 09, 2014 - By

Continual improvement of safe, effective care delivery is a goal of every clinician. Involving our patients in...

Tweets from Emergency Physicians about Tricks of the Trade

Jul 09, 2014 - By

If you enter #EMTOT (Emergency Medicine Tricks of the Trade) into a Twitter search you’ll certainly find...

End-of-Life Care Discussions Benefit from Simple Language

Jul 08, 2014 - By

In response to “How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Coverage in ACEP Now Criticized

Jul 08, 2014 - By

As a practicing, board-certified emergency physician, I wanted to respond to the recent May 2014 issue in...

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