How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in the Emergency Department
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation…
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How to Approach End-of-Life Care Discussions, Determine Treatment Goals for Patients Near Death in the Emergency Department
Case: A 79-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer presents to the ED with severe dyspnea. Assisted ventilation... -
Avoid Potential Pitfalls of Living Wills, DNR, and POLST with Checklists, Standardization
For clarification, the living will’s presence does not mean it should be followed. It simply indicates that... -
Residency Coordinators Can Be Allies of Emergency Medicine Residents
Those coordinators who preferred to remain anonymous were quite specific about the consequences of not respecting or...
Avoid Potential Pitfalls of Living Wills, DNR, and POLST with Checklists, Standardization
For clarification, the living will’s presence does not mean it should be followed. It simply indicates that…
Residency Coordinators Can Be Allies of Emergency Medicine Residents
Those coordinators who preferred to remain anonymous were quite specific about the consequences of not respecting or…
Comment Period Open for ACEP Draft Thoracic Aortic Dissection Clinical Policy
A Clinical Policies Subcommittee of ACEP has completed a draft clinical guideline: “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in…
ACEP Begins Selection Process for New Committee Members
Volunteer to serve on an ACEP Council committee and lend your experience and expertise. Members will be…
How to Recognize and Act on Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide
Women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of perpetrator. One in…
How To Prevent Peri-intubation Deaths with Careful Medication Choice
You are considering your next steps in management when you hear the BP cuff cycle…64/34…repeat…61/30…Heart rate now…
What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Engage other medical specialties and admitting physicians to achieve consensus on tests that are not necessary for…
Standard Strategies for Emergency Physicians To Use When Patients Seek Opioids
A test positive for cocaine is a true positive for that drug—and no patients testing positive for…
Alcohol and Tobacco, not Marijuana, are True Gateway Drugs
Having practiced EM for over 35 years, I respectfully take issue with Professor Ducharme’s reference to marijuana…