ACEP Issues Position Paper on Sedation
The American College of Emergency Physicians reaffirmed that emergency physicians are qualified to administer procedural sedation in…
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ACEP Issues Position Paper on Sedation
The American College of Emergency Physicians reaffirmed that emergency physicians are qualified to administer procedural sedation in... -
Emergency Medicine’s Role in End-of-Life Care
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to... -
EM Action Fund Develops Priority Issues
At its inaugural meeting, the Emergency Medicine Action Fund Board of Governors developed six areas of focus...
Emergency Medicine’s Role in End-of-Life Care
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to…
EM Action Fund Develops Priority Issues
At its inaugural meeting, the Emergency Medicine Action Fund Board of Governors developed six areas of focus…
Camouflaging Informed Consent
In 1972, Canterbury v. Spence changed American health law, and with it, the patient-physician relationship. Some ethicists…
Look, Thurston…
The eggheads in Washington sit on the beach reading cheap novels while we swim with the sharks….
Transcutaneous and Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
Courtesy ACEP Cardiac pacing capture is depicted above: A, intrinsic bradycardic rhythm; B, pacer spikes are evident…
EM Action Fund Plans First Meeting, Establishes Priorities
The Emergency Medicine Action Fund Board is scheduled to meet this month, the first meeting of the…
Council Resolutions Are Due July 16
The deadline to submit resolutions for the 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians Council meeting is rapidly…
Free Member Benefit Helps You Keep Track of Your CME Hours
Keep up with the CME hours you have earned with ACEP’s new CME Tracker – an exclusive,…
Emergency Physicians and End-of-Life Care in the ED
Emergency physicians surely realize that care of our sickest patients is immensely aided by advance directives. Advance…