Emergency Medicine’s Time is Now
What lies ahead for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)? Many wonder if…
What’s Next for the Affordable Care Act?
An in-depth look at how the Affordable Care Act will attempt to cut $1 trillion…
Innovations on the ACEP Exhibit Floor
Another ACEP Scientific Assembly has come and gone. As the dust settles, Tech Doc Jason…
Absinthe: A Brief History of the Green Fairy
Paramedics are called to a college fraternity Halloween party where a large cauldron of “green…
The Thinking Chair
As I arrived to work I saw that the parking lot and the waiting room…
Are Mid-Levels the Answer to ED Efficiency?
The Hawthorne Medical Center emergency department (ED) sees 50,000 patients each year. The fast track,…
Rehydration Therapy: SubQ May Be the Thing to Do
Pediatric dehydration continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world…
Part Time Pariahs
When Karen Sibert, an anesthesiologist with four children, wrote an op/ed piece in the New…
The Nuts & Bolts of Finger Amputation
A 21-year-old, right-hand dominant male without significant past medical history, presents to your emergency department…
The Best of Global Emergency Medicine Research
In recent years, the growth of emergency medicine around the globe has been exponential, with…