2019 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the ACEP Council Officer Candidates
Each year, ACEP’s Council elects new leaders for the College at its meeting. The Council, which represents...
ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 09 – September 2019
Droperidol Is Back (and Here’s What You Need to Know)
In 2001, when we had agitated patients in the emergency department, we’d give them intramuscular droperidol and...
How to Approach Patients Who Have an Intrauterine Device
The Case A 23-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents to your emergency department with...
ACEP Executive Director Dean Wilkerson to Retire
After more than 15 years as executive director of ACEP, Dean Wilkerson, one of only three individuals...
ACEP Now Responds to Mass Shootings
Lately, there seem to have been so many public mass shootings that the most recent one could...
Toxicology Question: What Is This Toxic Flower, and When Does It Bloom?
QUESTION: At what time of year should you watch for this lovely but toxic bloom? Click here...
2020 Medicare Payment Rule Adjusts Value of EM Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency responsible for running Medicare and Medicaid, recently...
Toxicology Answer: Don’t Eat the Lovely Iris
See Question Answer: Late spring and early summer. Iris (Greek for “rainbow”) is a group of flowers...
webPOISONCONTROL Is an Automated Online Toxicology Tool for Patients
Currently, almost 6,000 people call poison control centers every day. An additional 4,000 to 9,000 people per...
By the Numbers: Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a pattern of behavior between married or unmarried romantic partners or family...
Inconsistent Records & Insufficient Imaging Complicate Malpractice Case
Patients often present to the emergency department with multiple symptoms that do not fit clearly into one...
Avoid These Two Common Femoral Nerve-Block Errors
In emergency medicine, the quality of pain management of the acutely injured patient has steadily matured over...
Residency Spotlight: University of Puerto Rico
Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico Year founded: 1993 Number of residents: 10 per class, three-year program Secret weapons...
Chest-Pain Patients and High-Sensitivity Troponin Tests: the New Frontier
The management of emergency department patients with chest pain continues to evolve. There was a time when ...
Coding for Lumbar Punctures
Question: What do I need to know to bill for a lumbar puncture? Answer: There are two...
What’s the Best Option for Queasiness During Pregnancy?
The Case A 28-year-old woman presents with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. She is at eight weeks’...
A Human Connection Is Sometimes the Best Medicine We Can Give
Midshift. Pick up a new patient. Overdose. On what? Ibuprofen, about 10. How old? 16. Hmm Fast...
Current Workplace Laws Offer Protections but Aren’t Optimized for EM
Emergency physicians take care of patients 24-7-365. Yet we are not immune to life transitions and challenges,...
#ACEPNation Hits Membership Milestone
In August 2019, we reached 40,000 members for the first time in our history. We’re so proud...
ACEP Shares Opioid Resources with FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is interested in the development of resources to reduce the...
ACEP Hosts Health Care IT Summit
In July, ACEP hosted thought leaders from health information technology (IT) for a one-day collaborative summit designed...
ACEP Continues Working to Decrease Your Documentation Burden
On Aug. 12, ACEP responded to a CMS request for information on additional ways to reduce the...
