Labor and sex trafficking are the two major forms of human trafficking occurring in the United States....
ACEP hosted a multidisciplinary group of health care providers who perform unscheduled sedation to create a set...
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
Prior to the June Board of Directors meeting at ACEP Headquarters, ACEP President-Elect, John Rogers, MD, FACEP,...
This year’s ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) held May 20–23 in Washington, D.C., provided ACEP members...
The Case The patient is a 17-year-old non-English-speaking Bengali female with no past medical history who presented...
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive inflammatory infection of the fascia, with secondary necrosis of the subcutaneous...
It was surprising to receive an email advising me that I had appeared on the front page...
This month we introduce a new feature in ACEP Now that will highlight key research studies published...
In February 2018, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a revised clinical policy on the evaluation and...
Despite growing up and attending college in the Washington, D.C., metro area, I somehow managed to avoid...
As emergency physicians look back on the growth of the specialty, we have the opportunity to note...
Ultrasound-guided nerve block (UGNB) is an extremely useful technique for emergency physicians as a multimodal approach to...
Q. I am starting a new position as an independent contractor. My former employer had a 401(k)....
The Case A 27-year-old primiparous woman arrives at the emergency department after a prolonged labor at home;...
Question 1: For pediatric asthma, does albuterol and ipratropium (combined) show benefit over albuterol alone? Depending on...
Question 2: In children with ingested button batteries in the stomach, which patients are at the highest...
ACEP and the American Hospital Association (AHA) met May 22, 2018. Discussion included: Resilience and Well-Being: Jay...
Topics included our Geriatric ED Accreditation program, freestanding emergency departments, suicide screening, and pediatric readiness. The Joint...
Two pieces of opioid legislation—the POWER Act and the ALTO Act—that ACEP developed and introduced to Congress have successfully passed...
At the 2018 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting, ACEP member Stephen K. Epstein, MD, MPP, FACEP...
ACEP Board of Directors member Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD, MPH, has been appointed to the Emergency...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 10 – October 2024
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