Dr. Aisha Terry Chosen 2022 ACEP President-Elect
On Thursday, Sept. 29 in San Francisco, Aisha T. Terry, MD, MPH, FACEP, from Washington, D.C., was...
ACEP Now: Vol 41 – No 11 – November 2022
The Challenges of Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke
When compared to anterior circulation ischemic stroke, the presentation of posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS) is often...
How to Manage Acute Agitation in Children
Acute agitation in children in the emergency department (ED) can be hazardous and distressing to patients, families...
How To Use Video-Assisted Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
Airway technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and many emergency departments (EDs) now stock video laryngoscopes...
ACEP4U: Making it Easier to Find Your Crew
ACEP’s new strategic plan strives to make it simpler to find and feel connected to your corner...
Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients
We wrote such beautiful essays and personal statements on our medical school and residency applications. But, over...
A Novel Technique to Treat a Dental Avulsion
Case Summary A 32-year-old male presented after a fall from standing. He had a right lateral incisor...
What’s Your Risk of Getting COVID-19 by Providing Emergency Care?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency physicians and nurses became critically needed to address the ensuing patient...
Get Those Emergency Medicine Grant Applications Ready!
The Emergency Medicine Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary by doing what it does best—awarding more grant...
A New Snakebite Center Provides Care Patients Desperately Need
Emergency physician William Rushton, MD, used to lie awake at night, worrying about his snakebite patients. People...
Emergency Department Patient Challenges to Come
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistical survey of emergency department (ED) visits for 2019...
3 Big Tax Deductions for Doctors
Question: I feel like I’m paying more in tax than most of the other doctors I know....
Is It Time to Sunset Rectal Examinations in the Trauma Bay?
Case A 38-year-old man presents after a 15-foot fall from a ladder. He notes right chest pain...
Forensic Photography Tips
A 22-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) with a gunshot wound to the thigh....
Stories from the Ukrainian War: How Doctors and Refugees are Surviving
Svetlana Zakharchenko, DO, an emergency physician in New Jersey, left Ukraine for the United States 30 years...
Readers Respond: The Death of Diphenhyramine, Firearms in the ED, and More
The Death of Diphenhydramine I too would never bury Benadryl. I well remember our collective professional relief...
