One Way You Can Help Patients Who Use Drugs
Let’s be clear: Drug addiction is a chronic disease.1 Sure, it’s a consequence of unfortunate life choices,...
ACEP Now: Vol 41 – No 01 – January 2022
A Long-Acting IV Antibiotic for Skin Infections
The Case A 49-year-old female with a history of diet-controlled diabetes presents to the emergency department with...
New Mindset Helps Manage Hard Times
I recently had brunch with an emergency medicine colleague who told me she felt dread going into...
ACEP Government Services Chapter Docs Reflect on Time in Afghanistan
Reeling from 12 nonstop chaotic, heart wrenching days and one mass casualty event, our Shock Trauma Platoon...
ACEP Chapter Roundup: Highlights, Updates, and More From 2021
In 2021, ACEP chapters were busy advocating for the specialty, hosting educational events, and continuing to support...
Residency Spotlight: Eastern Virginia Medical School Emergency Medicine
Instagram: @EVMS_EM Location: Norfolk, Virginia Year founded: 1981 Number of residents: 30 Program length: 3 years What is one thing...
Serious C-Spine Injuries Are Becoming More Common—and Survivable
Atlanto-occipital dissociation (AOD) is often the result of high-velocity trauma injuries.1 It is believed that AOD may...
Support for Adapted D-Dimer Thresholds for Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism
Adapting D-dimer thresholds according to age or pretest probability is safe and efficient for ruling out pulmonary...
The Essay as a Literary Model for the Trials of Emergency Medicine
In spring 2020, near the end of my intern year, I spoke with the mother of a...
Chest-Pain Case Reminds Us of the Importance of Clinical Decision Tools
In this month’s case, we cover a classic high-risk medicolegal topic: chest pain. There has been extensive...
The Clinical Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds in the ED
The Case The trauma radio alert advises EMS is five minutes out with a patient with gunshot...
ACEP Point-of-Care App Adds Five New Bedside Tools
Get the new and expanded version of the emPOC app, now with five more point-of-care tools. This...
Three Emergency Physicians Selected to National Academy of Medicine
ACEP congratulates Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia, MD, MSc; Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM; and Renee N. Salas, MD,...
ACEP Joins Workforce Well-Being Coalition
ACEP is proud to be one of the inaugural member organizations of the ALL IN: WellBeing First...
Seeking Comments on Acute Heart Failure Syndromes Clinical Policy Draft
ACEP’s Clinical Policy Committee is seeking comments for its draft “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation...
Utilize Your Membership Discounts, Benefits
Are you taking advantage of the broad variety of discounts and benefits that come with your ACEP...
