ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 03 – March 2020 Archives

3D illustration of coronavirus COVID-19 under the microscope.

COVID-19 for the Emergency Physicians: What You Need to Know

Mar 10, 2020 - By Christopher Greene, MD, MPH; and David C. Pigott, MD, RDMS, FACEP

COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus first reported in China on Dec. 31, 2019,...

Bruising on the side of the patient’s head

Don’t Overlook Traumatic Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence

Mar 17, 2020 - By Heather V. Rozzi, MD, FACEP; and Ralph Riviello, MD, MS, FACEP

The Case A 24-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department via EMS. She was found by...

Residency Spotlight: Virginia Commonwealth University Emergency Medicine Residency

Mar 18, 2020 - By

Twitter: @VCUEM Location: Richmond, Virginia Year founded: 1999 Number of residents/program length: 37 emergency medicine, three-year program;...

Reader Responds to “Can We Pay You $100 to Not Get a CT?” Article

Mar 17, 2020 - By

I read with interest Dr. Milne’s recent column on paying patients $100 not to get a CT...

Congress Backs Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the ED Program

Mar 17, 2020 - By Ryan McBride

In December 2019, Congress authorized funding for the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department program—the...

By the Numbers: Mental Health Visits Are Increasing

Mar 18, 2020 - By

Of 139 Million U.S. ED visits in 2017 4.8 Million visits had a primary diagnosis of mental...

EMF Researcher Demonstrates the True Value of Emergency Care

Mar 17, 2020 - By

The mission of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) is to invest in innovative clinical and health policy...

Tips for Coping with Dr. Google, Online Reviews, Social Media, and More

Mar 17, 2020 - By Dennis Hughes, DO, FACEP; and Jennifer Robertson, MD

Your patients are online. You are online. How many of these scenarios ring true? “I did an...

Meningitis Test Could Reduce Unnecessary Admissions

Mar 17, 2020 - By David A. Talan, MD

Disclosure: Dr. Talan is a paid consultant for BioFire Diagnostics and has advised on the development of...

Emergency Physician Dr. Cataldo Corrado Jr. Reflects on 53-Year Career

Mar 18, 2020 - By

Cataldo Corrado Jr., MD, FACEP, was the youngest of eight children. Named after his father, a family...

PHOTO: Jason Hack (Oleander Photography)

Beware Certain Varieties of Amanita Mushrooms

Mar 23, 2021 - By

See Question There are more than 1,000 kinds of Amanita mushrooms. Some cause significant toxicity or death....

ACEP Is Updating Its Electronic Wellness Guidebook

Mar 17, 2020 - By Rita A. Manfredi, MD, FACEP

For many years physicians and hospital administrators erroneously thought that everyone was responsible for his or her...

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania ED Re-Engineers Patient Flow to Reduce Boarding Burden

Mar 17, 2020 - By

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) was the nation’s first teaching hospital at the nation’s...

The 20 Numbers of Emergency Department Management

Mar 17, 2020 - By

There is huge value to timely data collection and sharing within an individual emergency department and between...

What Do Studies Say About Antipyretics and Febrile Seizure Recurrence?

Mar 17, 2020 - By

Question 1: What does recent literature say about antipyretics and febrile seizure recurrence? How often have you...

How Much Does a Shoulder Roll (or Equivalent) Help Pediatric Intubation?

Mar 17, 2020 - By

Question 2: During pediatric intubations, how much does a shoulder roll (or equivalent) help intubation success? We...

$A 3-year-old girl fell while running. An X-ray the day of the fall (LEFT) showed no fracture, but her arm was splinted for possible occult fracture. A follow-up X-ray at three weeks (RIGHT) confirmed the fracture (arrows).$

ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 03 – March 2020

COVID-19 for the Emergency Physicians: What You Need to Know

Don’t Overlook Traumatic Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence

Residency Spotlight: Virginia Commonwealth University Emergency Medicine Residency

Reader Responds to “Can We Pay You $100 to Not Get a CT?” Article

Congress Backs Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the ED Program

By the Numbers: Mental Health Visits Are Increasing

EMF Researcher Demonstrates the True Value of Emergency Care

Tips for Coping with Dr. Google, Online Reviews, Social Media, and More

Meningitis Test Could Reduce Unnecessary Admissions

Emergency Physician Dr. Cataldo Corrado Jr. Reflects on 53-Year Career

Beware Certain Varieties of Amanita Mushrooms

ACEP Is Updating Its Electronic Wellness Guidebook

Pennsylvania ED Re-Engineers Patient Flow to Reduce Boarding Burden

The 20 Numbers of Emergency Department Management

What Do Studies Say About Antipyretics and Febrile Seizure Recurrence?

How Much Does a Shoulder Roll (or Equivalent) Help Pediatric Intubation?

Tips for Managing Suspected Occult Fractures

How the SECURE Act Will Affect Emergency Physicians

ACEP Board Addresses “Doctor” Title and More

ACEP Supports House Ways and Means Approach to Ending Surprise Bills

Update on ACEP’s Alternative Payment Model Strategic Initiative

New JACEP Open Journal Hits the Ground Running

EM Wellness Week 2020 Is Coming Up

Educator Award Deadline Is Approaching

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