Modern medicine is stuffed full of egregious waste. Whether unnecessary imaging for lower back pain, scandalous improper...
Your last patient on a shift is a 55-year-old well-appearing woman with fever and cough in whom...
Each October at ACEP’s annual conference, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council,...
Donald Berwick, MD, first coined the term “Triple Aim” for the goals of the emerging health care...
Kids love to put odd objects in their mouths (and ears and nostrils and other interesting places),...
Our pro-con on “The Big Tent of Emergency Medicine,” which examined the benefits and drawbacks of requiring...
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The Case A 3-year-old female presents to the emergency department after placing a small bead into her...
Emergency physicians in 1976 were gearing up for the ACEP annual meeting, too, although the cutting edge...
In the world of airway devices, there are few that have more fans than the beloved bougie....
ACEP Councillors were surveyed about several topics that will be addressed* at this October’s Council meeting. Here...
This is a year of change. Some trends, like the increase in opportunity for non-EM-trained physicians, are...
Where is tort reform headed? Caps, safe harbors—perhaps nowhere? The jury is out. Caps (financial limits) on...
Temperature of 100.3°F and tachycardia at 122 beats per minute. His skin is noted to have a...
Dr. Francis Counselman Becomes ABEM President; Dr. Barry Heller Named President-Elect At its July meeting, the American...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 08 – August 2024
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