ACEP Now: Vol 42 – No 10 – October 2023 Archives

VACEP Legal Victory Illustrates Why the Prudent Layperson Standard Still Matters

Oct 26, 2023 - By Todd Parker, MD, FACEP; Ed Gaines, JD; and Elise Boessler

Maryland enacted the first “prudent layperson standard” (PLP) in state law in 1993 (see related timeline). The...

Oct 09, 2023 - By Katie Lebold, MD, PhD; and Sonja Eagle, MD

Each time she moved her hand it caught my eye: the glint of her bejeweled fingers sharply...

Oct 03, 2023 - By Andy Jagoda, MD; Ben Bobrow, MD; Al Lulla, MD; Jamshid Ghajar, MD; Greg Hawryluk, MD

In April 2023, the third edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s evidence-based guidelines for the prehospital management...

Oct 03, 2023 - By Katie Stallard; Jilaine Snoeyink; Matt Singh, MD; and Jason Seamon, DO

In 2022, Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health integrated to create one system, Corewell Health. We continue to...

Oct 14, 2023 - By Jason Hack, MD

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Oct 03, 2023 - By ACEP Now

The last few years have been a tumultuous time for the emergency medicine (EM) specialty, especially as...

Oct 04, 2023 - By Claire Abramoff, MD

At times, I want to give up this crazy, broken career as an emergency physician. We all...

Oct 04, 2023 - By ACEP Now

Exploring Unique Careers in Emergency Medicine Dr. Liz Clayborne didn’t set out to become an entrepreneur. She...

Oct 09, 2023 - By Marc Cassone, DO

Clinical Case Your next patient is a Spanish-speaking 24-year-old female who begins by telling you that she...

Oct 15, 2023 - By Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

The treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is, in many ways, unchanged: intravenous fluids, electrolyte repletion, insulin, and...

Oct 15, 2023 - By Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS

There is no shortage of evidence regarding the harms of opiate use and misuse. With this in...

Oct 10, 2023 - By Jason Hack, MD

Ethylene glycol (EG), also known as ethane-1,2-diol, with the molecular formula CH2OHCH2OH, is a colorless, odorless, water-soluble...

Oct 10, 2023 - By Ken Milne, MD

A 76-year-old female presents to the emergency department obtunded with left hemiplegia. Symptoms began just prior to...

Oct 15, 2023 - By Jonathan Glauser, MD, MBA, FACEP; David Effron, MD, MBA, FACEP

A 37-year-old female was walking home from grocery shopping when she had an encounter with a stray...

Oct 03, 2023 - By ACEP Now

Urge Your Legislators to Support New Bill to Combat Boarding, Support Mental Health Access from the ED...