ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

ACEP should seek greater partnerships with residency directors and programs to ensure practicing physicians see the many products of ACEP’s efforts. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital.

Leadership 98

Leadership PPE EMS Wellness 98

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

THE CASE A female in her early 20s, G4P2012, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 5 day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain which has been worsening since onset. Am J Emerg Med. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. 2021.05.071.

Ultrasounds 98

Ultrasounds Operations Radiology Radiology 98

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 31, 2025

The value of white blood cell count in predicting serious bacterial infections in children presenting to the emergency department: a multicentre observational study Archives of Disease in Childhood 2025;110:191196. Am J Emerg Med. The sepsis screening tool in paediatric emergency departments can help. 2025.01.054.

Sepsis 59

Sepsis Fluid Resuscitation Shock Resuscitation 59

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 23, 2023

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ 23 (2), pp.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Best Practices 98

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Further, children participate in and absorb their family’s culture and specific personality from a very young age ( Finley 2009 ). Some children are ultra-rapid-metabolizers of codeine to morphine, causing a rapid “bolus” of the available drug, with respiratory depression and death in some cases ( Ciszkowski 2009 , Racoosin 2013 ).

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40