Get Ready for ACEP Wellness Week 2019
This year’s ACEP Wellness Week is April 7–13, 2019, and our theme is Wellness 2.0–Intelligently Designing Emergency...
ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 03 – March 2019
Hurricane Florence and the Use of Telemedicine
Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina as a Category 1 storm on Sept. 14, 2018, bringing with it...
For One Medical Student, a Job as a Scribe Was the Pathway to Emergency Medicine
I turned 18 in the emergency department. The charge nurse surprised me with a cake, and as...
High-Yield Ocular Ultrasound Applications in the ED, Part 1
Part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2. Part 3. The Case Monday, 23:00—Your first patient of...
The Joint Commission Clarifies that Physicians Can Eat and Drink in ED Workspaces
After pressure from ACEP on behalf of our members, The Joint Commission (TJC) has clarified that emergency...
Notes From Emergency Physician Working When the Camp Fire Threatened Hospital
The town of Paradise, California, burned to the ground on Nov. 8, 2018, in the Camp Fire....
Building a Democratic, Independent, Community ED Practice
Emergency medicine is a constantly changing and evolving medical practice. The business side of emergency medicine is...
Reduce Opioid Duration and Quantity to Limit Use, Avoid Addiction
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part of an ongoing series on what emergency physicians can do...
Fentanyl Versus Ketamine for Intranasal Pain Relief
The Case An 8-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with a painful wrist injury after falling...
Interdisciplinary FOAMed, One Tweet at a Time
We are approaching the end of the decade in which online medical education exploded in popularity. In...
Careful Planning and Innovation Helped Washington Hospital Move Its Emergency Department
Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) in Fremont, California, had a very efficient emergency department that had long...
A Rational Approach to Pulmonary Embolism Evaluation
Emergency department over-investigation is, perhaps, nowhere more pervasive than in the workup of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)....
Coding Wizard: How to Document Burn Treatment
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
New ACEP Framework Protects Patients from Out-of-Network Billing
On Jan. 28, 2019, ACEP released a framework of proposed solutions to protect emergency patients from surprise...
ACEP Board Considers Firearm Safety, Leadership Diversity, and More During January Meeting
In late January, the ACEP Board of Directors met and considered several issues related to practice trends...
ACEP Is Launching New EM Journal, Seeks Editor-in-Chief
ACEP is launching a new open-access journal in 2020 and is seeking applicants for editor-in-chief. The editor will...
Comment Now on Clinical Policy Draft for Acute Headache
The draft “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the...
ACEP Members Receive Order of International Federation for EM Award
Ashley Bean, MD, FACEP, and Gary Gaddis, MD, PhD, FACEP, were honored with the Order of the...
Make Plans Now for ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference in May
The Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) is coming up May 5–8, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and it’s...
Toxicology Q&A Question: What’s Poisonous on the Castor Plant?
QUESTION: Which causes toxicity from this plant: the beans or the oil? Click here for the answer.
Toxicology Q&A Answer: Castor Beans Can Kill, and the Oil Is Iffy, Too
See question Answer: Both! The castor plant is a beautiful, large semi-woody shrub that can grow to...
ACEP Suspends Physician for Expert Witness and Ethics Code Violations
The ACEP Board of Directors suspended Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, FACEP, from ACEP membership for a period...
