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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

Between deployments, Dr. McCormick earned his Master of Business Administration from National University and medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. DR. PECK: Right here in Indiana and District 9, I have several critical access hospitals that are part of the consolidation effort of other systems.

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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Rosenberg and colleagues took a qualitative approach when investigating barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of ED-initiated buprenorphine programs in critical access hospital EDs across Maine. The interviews were conducted and recorded via Zoom and the recordings were then transcribed verbatim for analysis.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

2][3] If earlier treatment with TXA is better, would there be benefit in its administration in the prehospital setting? Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury. If so, could this be done safely? These questions are asked in the first paper that we reviewed.

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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

ACEP Now

Now, many PID patients are treated and released after ED administration of appropriate antibiotics to eradicate possible infection by Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis , often with added treatment for anaerobic microbes. Acute pyelonephritis has become a disease for which outpatient management is often feasible and appropriate.

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

This is an important opportunity for board certified emergency physicians to secure those positions today, impressing upon hospital administrations the essential benefits to the patients, the medical staff, and the hospital itself uniquely enabled by board certified emergency physicians. Three take home points for what I believe.