Rhode Island Member Dr. Tony Cirillo Chosen ACEP President-Elect
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP, was chosen as ACEP’s new President-Elect by the Council at its meeting...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 11 – November 2024
AHRQ Summit on Boarding Made Possible by ACEP Advocacy
After years of explaining the toll of boarding on patient care and physician well-being, the message finally...
Visual Dx Question: What Is Causing This Eye Pain and Vision Loss?
A 45-year-old woman presents with eye pain and vision loss. The funduscopic examination is shown above. Question:...
Residency Spotlight: Integris SW Emergency Medicine Residency
What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else? The program offers very high volume;...
Reader Responds: The Private Equity Wave in Health Care
On behalf of TeamHealth’s 14,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians who deliver exceptional care to every patient...
ACEP Tasks Emergency Physician Group to Look at Urgent Care Settings
You can’t pretend urgent care centers aren’t here, and you can’t help but notice when a board-certified...
Emergency Dept. Closures Plague Canada’s Emergency Medical Care
Across Canada, under a number of provincial health systems, a spate of closures of emergency departments (EDs)—whether...
ACEP Resolution Encourages Using Tap Water for Wound Irrigation
One resolution adopted by the ACEP Council this year was particularly well-timed. As members in the southeastern...
A Chat with Native American Emergency Physicians
Native American emergency physicians make up 0.1 percent of physicians in U.S. emergency departments, according to research...
Neonatal Resuscitation Tips
A gravid woman presents to your emergency department (ED). Before you can obtain any history, she gives...
AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted
For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac...
A Potential Solution to America’s Psychiatric Boarding Crisis
Dr. Elizabeth Wharff was the director of emergency psychiatry at Boston’s Children’s Hospital in the late 1990s...
Case Report: Uvular Edema in a Marijuana Smoker
A healthy 20-year-old male presented with one day of a progressively worsening sore throat with difficulty swallowing,...
How to Best Inspect, Protect, and Dress Wounds in the Emergency Dept.
This is the second visit in two weeks for an elderly gentleman who is concerned about his...
Case Report: Foot Amputation in the Field
EMS and Fire are called to a new development construction site for a 22-year-old male who is...
Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection Diagnosis Tips
While many of us are familiar with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) as a common cause of...
Settling the Cefepime versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam Debate
If you work in the emergency department, you’re out there in the trenches “suspecting sepsis” on a...
When Do Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Fail?
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled—by those...
Compassionate Care for Neurodivergent Patients in the Emergency Dept.
The quick-moving, high-stress practice of emergency medicine means health care professionals need to be prepared for anything....
Current Extraglottic Airway Devices and Prehospital Practices
Airway management remains a fundamental skill for all emergency physicians. Extraglottic airway devices (EGAs) have become a...
Visual Dx Answer: d) Optic Neuritis
Answer: The correct answer is d) Optic neuritis Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve....
November 2024 News from the College
ACEP, Others Ask Licensure Boards, Hospitals to Support Workers' Mental Health As part of Suicide Prevention Month...
