Vaccination May be Curbing Emergency Department Visits for Shingles
Emergency department (ED) visits for shingles fell in the past decade for people aged 60 and older…
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Vaccination May be Curbing Emergency Department Visits for Shingles
Emergency department (ED) visits for shingles fell in the past decade for people aged 60 and older... -
Tips for Negotiating Emergency Physician Employment Contracts
QUESTION: I’m getting ready to look for my first job as an emergency physician. What should I... -
What Emergency Physicians Can Learn from Stab Wounds
The Case: A 58-year-old male presents to the emergency department in cardiac arrest after sustaining a stab...
Tips for Negotiating Emergency Physician Employment Contracts
QUESTION: I’m getting ready to look for my first job as an emergency physician. What should I…
What Emergency Physicians Can Learn from Stab Wounds
The Case: A 58-year-old male presents to the emergency department in cardiac arrest after sustaining a stab…
Treatment Strategies for Shock-Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation
The Case You get a call that a 50-year-old woman collapsed while running a marathon. Bystanders started…
ACEP Refines Its Clinical Policy on Psychiatric Boarding
In January 2017, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP Clinical…
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Don’t Need Ultrasound Certification from External Agencies
For those of you who haven’t been recently barraged by advertisements, a new organization called the Alliance…
Injuries from Inner-City Guns Reignite Plea to Stop the Violence
“Don’t let me die,” he told me. As I provided supplemental oxygen to him at the head…
Is Involuntary Hold for Psychiatric Patients the Only Answer?
Eleanor (not her real name) talked to me at length about her experience as a patient who…
Upper Respiratory Infection Tied to Adverse Events During Pediatric Sedation
Children with upper respiratory infections (URIs) are at greater risk of adverse events and airway interventions during…
Low Risk of Brain Hemorrhage in Ground-Level Fall with Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants
Patients who take antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications have a low risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) associated with…
