Why Is “The Ouchless ED” an Idea Reserved for Peds and Geriatrics?
I believe that every physician, nurse, PA, NP, tech and clerk who works in an…
Hemolytic Anemia after Brown Recluse Envenomation
A 31-year-old African American male without any significant medical history presented to the emergency department…
Happy New Year from the ACA: 5 Changes to Expect in 2014
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March…
History Repeating
There is no universal definition of a weed. Look it up. It’s really that plant…
Two Fevers, One Out-of-Date Protocol
Pediatric fever guidelines are woefully out of date, leaving emergency physicians with too much uncertainty…
Films & Scans: Look Again
A 47-year-old male presents to your emergency room following a motor vehicle accident. The second…
The Right Job at the Wrong Time
Dear Director, I was just asked to take over as medical director of another ED…
Emergency Physicians Emerge as Healthcare’s Management Specialists
History’s great achievers—Napoleon, da Vinci, Mozart—have always managed themselves. That, in large measure, is what…
tPA Survey Results
This month EPM asked 17,003 emergency physicians how they felt about tPA and stroke. 1,333…
ACEP’s tPA Policy Needs Revision
The jury is still out among EPs as to whether tPA helps more than it…