Space Medicine: Emergency Physicians Voyage Into the Final Frontier
2024 APEX Award winning article An astronaut steps onto the rust-red surface of Mars, above her the...
ACEP Now: Vol 42 – No 05 – May 2023
Pediatric Fever and Illness Correlations
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled by—those...
How Long Will Meningitis/Encephalitis PCR Panel Remain Positive After Antibiotics?
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled by—those...
Visual Dx Question: Patient Presents with Chest Pain + Sickle Cell Anemia
Question: A 22-year-old man presents with chest pain. He has a history of sickle cell anemia. Vital...
Emergency Departments and the Growing Mental Health Crisis
While the COVID-19 pandemic certainly impacted Americans’ mental health, ED visits for psychiatric needs had been steadily...
Creative Careers: Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP
Dr. Charlotte Yeh’s day-to-day work as the CMO of AARP Services, Inc. is a bit like emergency...
Case Report: A Rare, Urgent Testicular Complication
Case A 37-year-old white male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) for...
Case Report: EMS Says Flail Chest, But Is It?
Case A 58-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department (ED) as...
When Emergency Physicians are Fatigued
Case It’s 7 a.m. and your day shift relief finds you face-down, asleep, and drooling on the...
Law Enforcement Information Gathering in the Emergency Department
A 32-year-old man presents in police custody for bizarre behavior. He was the driver of a vehicle...
Forensic Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Accidents
Case A 35-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) following a single-motor-vehicle collision in which...
Lessons Learned from the Silicon Valley Bank Meltdown
Question I was shocked to see bank runs in March 2023. I thought those went away after...
8 Pitfalls in Recognition and Management of Acetaminophen Toxicity
About one billion doses of acetaminophen are taken safely per annum, and 60 million people in the...
Part 1: Ethical Considerations in Treating Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies
Case Presentation A 15-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) via EMS for evaluation after getting...
A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community...
May 2023 News From the College
ACEP Board, Council Election Candidates Finalized ACEP’s Nominating Committee has selected the slate of candidates for 2023....
Readers Respond: Match Week, Overconfidence, and Waiting Room Medicine
Re: “Unpacking the 2023 Match Week” Unless we organize as a whole and unionize and get the...
Visual Dx Answer: a) Acute Chest Syndrome
Answer: The correct answer is acute chest syndrome (a). Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a potentially life-threatening...
