Managing Pain Relief in Palliative Care
Emergency physicians are proficient in recognizing and caring for the dying medical or trauma patient but often...
ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 07 – July 2021
Does Administering Steroids for Cardiac Arrest Lead to Better Neurological Outcomes?
The Case A 54-year-old man is admitted to the observation unit to rule out an acute coronary...
ACEP Reports Progress on Workforce Issues
As we await publication of the “Emergency Medicine Physician Workforce: Projections for 2030” research, ACEP is leading...
A Farewell Message from ACEP Now’s Medical Editor in Chief
I wrote my first column for ACEP News as a fourth-year medical student in 2012. By allowing...
6-Step Approach to Acute Motor Weakness
Physicians increasingly depend on laboratory tests and imaging, sometimes at the expense of a careful history and...
Use Accurate Wound Terminology When Describing Injuries
The Case A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with a toe injury. The patient...
New Resident Fellow Brings a Literary Perspective to Medicine
I am delighted to have been selected as the inaugural ACEP Now resident fellow. As the incoming...
Know Your Case and Practice Your Testimony Before Your Malpractice Trial
Part 2 of 2 In Part 1 of this two-part series, I discussed the sequence of events...
Hospital-Wide Strategies for Reducing Inpatient Discharge Delays and Boarding
Many emergency departments got a brief reprieve from boarding during the COVID-19 pandemic, but most are seeing...
How to Evaluate Diplopia and Spot Life-Threatening Etiologies
Diplopia, colloquially referred to as “double vision,” is a challenging chief complaint in the emergency department. The...
EMF-Funded Research Identifying Patients with High COVID-19 Risk in North Carolina
Since its launch in 1972, the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) has awarded grants totaling more than $17...
Dr. Cedric Dark Is New Medical Editor in Chief
ACEP Now is pleased to announce that Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP, is our new Medical Editor...
ACEP Calls for UnitedHealthcare to Abandon Retroactive ED Coverage Denials Policy
When UnitedHealthcare revealed that a new policy would allow the insurer to retroactively deny ED claims it...
Administering COVID-19 Vaccines in the Emergency Department
As an emergency physician, you can help increase the number of people who are vaccinated. On June...
Residency Spotlight: Wellstar Kennestone Emergency Medicine Residency
Instagram: @wellstar_em Location: Marietta, Georgia Year founded: 2017 Current Number of residents: 14 Program length: Three years...
By the Numbers: Overdose Cardiac Arrests
In 2020 42% increase in EMS-observed overdose cardiac arrests nationally compared to baseline of 42 per 100,000...
Register for ACEP Teaching Fellowships
Improve your skills as a professional medical educator or explore your options to become one. Don’t miss...
Louisiana Physicians Get Important Scope-of-Practice Win
In early May, HB 495, a bill that would give full practicing authority for advanced practice registered nurses, was...
New Checklist to Evaluate Employment Contracts
Employment contracts are complex and often difficult to navigate. ACEP’s new employment contract checklist is designed to...
