Emergency Physicians Volunteer to Deliver Care
After a long Thursday shift at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, emergency physician Theresa Nguyen, MD,...
ACEP Now: Vol 43 – No 12 – December 2024
ACEP Chapter Roundup: Highlights and Updates from 2024
As we close out 2024, ACEP’s chapters were invited to share news from the past year and...
ACEP Now Shifts to Hybrid Format in 2025
Egon Spengler, PhD, famously quipped, “Print is dead!” in the 1984 film Ghostbusters. As a man who...
Point/Counterpoint: Abortion in the Emergency Department
Point: Medical Emergencies in Pregnant Women Should Not Be Falsely Equated With Expanding Access to Elective or...
NEMPAC Creates Opportunities, Results for Emergency Medicine
As voters across the country braced for uncertainty heading into Election Day 2024, emergency physicians could rest...
Retired Maryland Emergency Physician Is Still in the Fight
By some definitions, you could call former Maryland state legislator Dan Morhaim, MD, FACEP, a retired emergency...
A Conversation with ACEP President Dr. Alison Haddock
Twice a year, the Medical Editor-in-Chief of ACEP Now sits down with the ACEP President to discuss...
Residency Spotlight: ChristianaCare Emergency Medicine Residency Program
What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else? We see a high volume of...
Case Report: Coronary Vasospasm-Induced Cardiac Arrest
A 45-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, amphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...
Case Report: Biatrial Myxoma in a 46-Year-Old Female
A 46-year-old female with a prior medical history of asthma presented to the emergency department with shortness...
Thrombolytics in Stroke: Moving Beyond Controversy to Comprehensive Care
The use of thrombolytics for acute ischemic stroke may be one of the most controversial topics in...
Strategies to Reduce Ambulance Patient Offload Delays
As emergency departments (EDs) have become the focus of bottlenecks in the entire health care system—from insufficient...
Treating Acute Pulmonary Embolism with EKOS and the Inari FlowTriever
Approximately 60,000 to 100,000 patients die from pulmonary embolism (PE) each year in the United States, and...
Employ a Trauma-Informed Approach to Care
A 28-year-old female is brought to the emergency department (ED) by police after a sexual assault. She...
ED Volumes Keep Climbing as Patients Demand Acute, Unscheduled Care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates of emergency department (ED) visits for 2022 were...
December 2024 News from the College
Annals Study Details Cost of Boarding A study in the October issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine...
