Dr. Christopher Kang Chosen ACEP President-Elect
On Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Boston, the ACEP Council conducted its annual elections. Christopher S. Kang,...
ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 11 – November 2021
Rare But Emerging Conditions Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines
Living up to its former name, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, the pathophysiology of what is now currently called...
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Creates COVID-19 Guideline
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Sept. 7, 2021, and was accurate at that time. Because...
Residency Spotlight: New York Presbyterian Queens
What makes your department a unique place to learn emergency medicine? We see approximately 130,000 patients per...
Presidential Historian Draws Parallel Between Past and Present Hardships at ACEP21
BOSTON—Renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin covered a lot of territory during the ACEP21 opening general session,...
By the Numbers: Workplace Injuries
In 2019, hospitals reported 5.5 workplace injuries/illnesses per 100 employees — more than construction or manufacturing (source)...
Several States Protect Physicians Who Apologize, But Be Careful
Figure 1: “I’m Sorry” Laws by State. Chris Whissen & Shuttestock.com I have always strived to apologize...
Interphysician Weight Bias in the House of Medicine
The Case You are sitting in a committee meeting, discussing an application to promote another physician in...
Data Supporting Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Aren’t So Hot
The idea of cooling survivors from cardiac arrest has a long and storied history. In perhaps the...
Are Current Efforts To Increase Access Missing the Point?
For the longest time, efforts to bring health care closer to the patient have fascinated me. Although...
New Study Analyzed Effects of Increasing Urgent Care Capacity
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article....
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As...
What’s the Best Migraine Drug(s) for Kids?
Question 1: In children presenting with acute migraine, what appears to be the best abortive pharmacological treatment?...
Do We Give Kids IV Fluids Too Freely?
Question: In light of the Choosing Wisely campaign regarding oral antiemetic medications in children with acute gastroenteritis,...
What to Do About Inflation?
Q. Inflation is higher this year than it has been in years. What should I do about...
Geriatric Trauma Myths and Misperceptions: Part 2
Last month we debunked five myths about trauma and triage in older patients—the fastest growing population in...
