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Unusual Etiology of Chest Pain
Figure 1: CT angiography showing numerous hyperdense foci (red arrows) within the pulmonary arteries. CT axial bone window. PHOTOS: David Effron The Case A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency...
View Article5 Questions on Employment Contracts
Shutterstock.com ACEP Now recently talked with Rade Vukmir, MD, JD, FACEP, Chair of the ACEP Medical-Legal Committee, and Scott Altman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP, a longtime emergency physician who has...
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Tips for Productive Hospital Policy Discussions
At the hospital’s monthly interdisciplinary meeting, a lively discussion takes place: Is there an optimal pathway for patients who present to the emergency department with chronic abdominal pain? One...
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EMF Grant Enabled Dr. Janice Blanchard to Delve into Pandemic Burnout
Founded in 1972 by ACEP, the mission of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) is to fund science that advances the careers of emergency medicine researchers, provides the basis for effective health...
View ArticleAfter Competing in Tokyo, Olympic Rower Returns to EM Residency
Dr. Genevra “Gevvie” Stone and double sculls partner Kristi Wagner train together in summer 2021. Photo by Mitch McManus Genevra “Gevvie” Stone, MD, was working at a summer camp when she realized...
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2021 Survey of the Emergency Medicine Job Market
When I was a young recruiter in New York City, I spent many a summer weekend in the Hamptons, a string of small towns and hamlets along the eastern tip of Long Island. On any given Friday afternoon, as...
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Rescue Team Doctor at the Surfside Condo Collapse Shares Experience
Dr. Benjamin Abo holds up a photo slide, one of many mementos that his team recovered from the site. Shortly after 1:20 a.m. on June 24, 2021, a large section of Champlain Towers South, a 12-story...
View ArticleEmergency Physicians Explore the Future of the Emergency Medicine Workforce
Note: Watch a video of the complete Workforce Roundtable here. I recently met with four emergency physicians—Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, FACEP, national director of clinical innovation at US Acute Care...
View ArticleSurgery Needed in Nearly Half of Appendicitis Patients Treated with Antibiotics
Antibiotic therapy can prevent or delay the need for an appendectomy, but ultimately nearly half of the patients will eventually require the surgery, according to the largest, long-term comparison of...
View ArticleCourse of Pediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Not Changed by...
Children with lower respiratory tract infections have similar severity and duration of symptoms whether or not they receive antibiotics, results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial show....
View ArticleOne Way You Can Help Patients Who Use Drugs
Let’s be clear: Drug addiction is a chronic disease.1 Sure, it’s a consequence of unfortunate life choices, as are many diseases we treat daily. Nevertheless, patients turning to the emergency...
View ArticleACEP Chapter Roundup: Highlights, Updates, and More From 2021
In 2021, ACEP chapters were busy advocating for the specialty, hosting educational events, and continuing to support their members through the pandemic. As we kick off 2022, the chapters were each...
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ACEP Government Services Chapter Docs Reflect on Time in Afghanistan
On Aug. 28, 2021, Dr. Kat Landa (center) and her fellow officers of the Shock Trauma Platoon waited to fly out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Read more from Dr. Landa below....
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Crisis Emergency Department Challenges in a Long Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen crisis standards of care created and implemented in emergency departments across the United States, from waiting rooms converted into treatment spaces to patients...
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Practicing Medicine in the Fast Lane
Dr. Kozak (far left) during a race morning briefing for all the on track rescue, fire, and safety personnel. PHOTOS: Paul Kozak Paul Kozak, MD, FACEP, never cared about car races as a kid. Watching...
View ArticleUTIs and Estrogen: the Overlooked Link
It is common for patients with vulvas who are older than 50 years of age to present to the emergency department with symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs). They complain of urinary frequency,...
View ArticleThe Building Blocks of Board Certification Awareness
Dr. Dark and Dr. Gausche-Hill smile for the camera during their video interview for ACEP Now. ACEP Recently, I sat down with Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, president of the American Board of Emergency...
View ArticleResident Innovations in Medicine
For this month’s “Resident Voice” column, I explore how emergency medicine residents are innovating the field of medicine in creative and diverse ways. I requested residents to submit descriptions of...
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Tips for Adjusting to the New Cures Act Rules in Emergency Departments
Percentage of patients who indicated they saw their lab results before their physician. Five years after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health...
View ArticleU.S. Doc Takes EM Job in New Zealand, Discusses Their Health Care System
(R–L) Dr. Radecki hiking with his family, Alexander, Annie, and Lydia in Christchurch, New Zealand. eightyone.co.nz A series about health care systems and the practice of emergency medicine across the...
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