Emergency Medicine Shows Rebound in 2024 Residency Match
After a surprisingly low number of applicants and a shockingly high unfilled rate last year, emergency medicine...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 04 – April 2024
How Do We Feel About AI Taking Over for Scribes?
A few months ago, I received email notification at work that indicated our phones would soon be...
Readers Respond: Nitroglycerin, Boarding Tactics, and Acute Urinary Retention
‘Revisiting Nitroglycerin in MI with Right-Side Ventricular Involvement’ (March 2024) Another question to ask is why do...
Toxicology Question: What Fiery Ingredient Brings Tears to Your Eyes and Irritation Upon Exposure?
QUESTION: What fiery ingredient produced in plants like the above photo brings tears to your eyes and...
Residency Spotlight: The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
What Does Your Program Offer That Residents Can’t Get Anywhere Else? Our residency has three very unique...
ACEP Members Drive Impact Through Committee Work
By serving on an ACEP committee, members can have a direct impact the work important to all...
How Not To Miss Posterior Circulation Stroke
Posterior circulation strokes make up 20 percent of all strokes but account for 40 percent of stroke...
Case Report: Toxic Hypoglycemic Syndrome
An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal...
The Science on Targeted Temperature Management
Post-arrest patients with more significant reperfusion injury (for example, Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category (PCAC) greater than or...
When Can You Discharge Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage from the Emergency Department?
A 39-year-old male presents to your emergency department (ED) with complaints of a headache after a roll-over...
Case Report: A Rare Congenital Heart Anomaly
A 59-year-old male with a past medical history of a repaired ventricular septal defect (VSD), dextrocardia, hypertension,...
New Quality Measure Improves Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) develops with age, occurring primarily in those older than 55 years. Risk...
Recognition and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
A 33-year-old woman presents with confusion, abdominal pain, and fever. Her vital signs are: Blood pressure of...
Toxicology Answer: The Capsaicin Found in Hot Peppers and Chilis
“How bad could it be?” was the last thought before I took a small bite of the...
ACEP Rejects “Excited Delirium”
By late 1988, 11 Black women had been found dead in the same area of Miami with...
Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. Vital signs...
April 2024 News from the College
ACEP Executive Director/CEO Announces Retirement Susan E. Sedory, MA, CAE, will step down from her role as...
