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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

He completed residency in emergency medicine through Emory while training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Most recently, Dr. McCormick served as an emergency physician at Northside Hospital. In the Atlanta region, we had AMC, one of the largest hospitals in the region closed. Overburden the other hospital systems.

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SGEM#308: Taking Care of Patients Everyday with Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Your hospital has asked you to consider adding some advanced practice providers (APPs) instead of physician hours. The American College of Emergency Physicians ( ACEP ) has a number of documents discussing APPs in the ED. Case: You are the medical director of a medium sized urban emergency department (ED).

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

EMDocs

Episode 4 covered management of the agitated child in the pre-hospital environment. Over the past 50 years, mental health has shifted away from hospital-based to community-based care models. Episode 2 covered non-pharmacologic management and episode 3 covered pharmacologic management of agitation. Why are we boarding?