It’s nearing the end of a busy shift, and the last patient you pick up is a…
A 55-year-old female presented to the emergency department with an avulsion laceration to the tip of her…
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to…
In 1972, Canterbury v. Spence changed American health law, and with it, the patient-physician relationship. Some ethicists…
Courtesy ACEP Cardiac pacing capture is depicted above: A, intrinsic bradycardic rhythm; B, pacer spikes are evident…
In the June 2011 issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians…
Acute otitis externa (AOE), known as “swimmer’s ear,” is a common problem encountered in emergency medicine practice,…
The 2008 ACEP Policy Statement on Emergency Ultrasound Guidelines includes the evaluation of intravascular volume status and…
In the 200 years since José Gaspar held women for ransom on Captiva Island in Florida, things…
It is 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning when a 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department…
Hidden in Plain Sight
It’s nearing the end of a busy shift, and the last patient you pick up is a…