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A 72-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of fatigue. Her symptoms have been progressing over the last two days.

ACEP Urges HHS to Reinstate Vaccine Advisory Panel Members

ACEP Supports Physician Training Pathways for All Emergency Medicine Colleagues

ACEP Joins Legal Fight to Block Cuts to NIH Grants

Reining It In: Xylazine Overdose

ACEP-Supported Bill Would Prohibit Physician Non-Compete Agreements

Acute Liver Failure – A Snapshot Review

Capitol Rounds: ACEP’s Advocacy Update

OR-ACEP Champions New State Law to Keep Corporate Interests Out of Medicine

QIPS Spring Newsletter 2025 (PDF)

Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

New South Carolina Law Requires Physician Onsite in All Hospital EDs

ACEP-Supported Legislation Would Bring Fairness, Due Process to Physicians

ACEP Urges Congress to Reject Harmful Medicaid Cuts

ACEP Pushes Back on Efforts to Cut Student Loan Forgiveness

Congress Takes Strong Step Toward Better Protections for Health Care Workers

Clinical Phenotypes in EM-Critical Care: Bringing Precision Medicine to the ED and ICU

AI in POCUS Quality Assurance: The Pros and Cons

Building on the Basics: Billing Essentials with an emphasis on POCUS

Sonographic Pulse Check in Cardiac Arrest

Harness the Potential of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (or Elevate your clinical practice with Point-of-Care Ultrasound)

Advancing Prehospital Care with Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS): Enhancing Diagnosis and Decision-Making in the Field

HOCUS POCUS – Tips for Calming and Charming Pediatric Patients receiving Point-of-care Ultrasound

Literature Canon Update from the ACEP Ultrasound Fellowship Education Subcommittee: Aorta

Pediatric Interscalene Nerve Block for Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction

"Hot Seat" – with John Kendall for the US component of ABEM Certifying Exam

Fostering Collaboration in Global Emergency Ultrasound Training Programs

Neonatal Lung Ultrasound Safety

From the Chair

ACEP Response to ACGME Proposed Changes to EM Program Requirements

Pain Management and Addiction April 2025 Newsletter

CMS Clarifies Residency Funding Proposal

A Review of Difficult Airway Management Strategies in the Emergency Department

Emergency Physicians Welcome Additional Hospital Reporting Measures on Boarding

New AHRQ Report Highlights Emergency Physician Leadership on Boarding Solutions

Match Results Amplify Enthusiasm for EM

ACGME Releases Proposed Changes to EM Program Requirements

First Site Awarded in ACEP’s ED Accreditation Program

The Use of POCUS for Suspected Paediatric Skull Fractures

POCUSim – Everything Old is New Again

Riders on the Storm: Stellate Ganglion Block for Electrical Storm

Subcommittee Update - Coding & Reimbursement

Review of Educational Products for POCUS in Undergraduate Medical Education- An Industry Round Table

Tips and Tricks for Ultrasound Training in the Austere Environment

Assessment in Ultrasound Education: A Tapestry of Approaches

Recent Ultrasound Fellowship Match Data and Statistics, Looking Back at a Five-Year Trend

Highlighting a Practical Approach to Coding Education with an emphasis on POCUS

Lipliner Artifact Review

Harness the Potential of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (or Elevate your clinical practice with Point-of-Care Ultrasound) - Pericardiocentesis

Literature Canon Update from the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Education Subcommittee: Obstetrics

PE or PAH: A Clinical Case Demonstrating Importance of Advanced Right Heart Measurements

From the Chair

2023 ACEP International Ambassador Country Report Compilation

ACEP Takes a Stand Against Corporate Overreach

Bridging the Gap to Recovery with Physical Therapy on ECMO

ACEP to NIH: We Must Avoid Gaps in Research Funding

The End of DCPA (dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate)

ACEP Advocacy: New Challenges, New Opportunities to Speak Out

Indiana ACEP Aims to Strengthen Prudent Layperson Standard Enforcement

Hyperviscosity Syndrome

Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

ACEP Calls for Administration to Ensure Robust Federal Health Infrastructure

Act Now to Reverse the Medicare Cuts

Optimizing throughput in the Emergency Department: One Institution’s experience

Change is Happening Fast: ACEP is Your Voice in Washington When it Matters Most

ACEP Strongly Applauds Senate Bill Supporting Physician Mental Health

Ohio ACEP is Protecting Emergency Physicians from Violence

Letter from the Chair

ACEP Applauds HHS for Raising Corporatization Concerns, Continues to Press for Change

AHRQ Announces ‘Special Emphasis’ on Research to Reduce Boarding

Palliative Pulse - January 2025

ACEP Seeks a New Executive Director

ACEP Applauds Reauthorization of Emergency Medical Services for Children Law

Updated Considerations for Intravenous Fluid Resuscitation

Celebrating Art, Healing, and Community

From the Editor

From the Chair

ACEP Calls for Stronger Physician Protections When Employers Break Contracts

ACEP Urges Congress to Reauthorize Dr. Lorna Breen Act

Renowned Educator, ACEP Past President, Dr. Greg Henry Dead at 77

ACEP Town Hall: Resources for Physicians Impacted by Turmoil at NES Health

Apply Today to be Part of the EM Model Review Task Force; Deadline Nov. 17

Vermont ACEP Stands Up for Emergency Physician-Led Care

ACEP-Supported Bill Introduced to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts, Provide Inflationary Update

ACEP Continues to Lead the Call for Accountability, Solutions to the Boarding Crisis  

Tips and Tricks for an Ultrasound Teaching Engagement or Lecture

Phantom Recipe Cookbook

Ultrasound Guided Suprapatellar Recess Injection for Knee Pain in the Emergency Department

Needles, Nerves, and Numbers: A Guide to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) Billing in the ED

ACEP EUS Coding and Reimbursement Subcommittee Update

The Perils of Abandoning the Pediatric FAST Exam

PEM Pocket Card: Intussusception

ACEP Calls for Actions to Address Drug Shortages, Protect Patients

Acute Mitral Regurgitation in the Emergency Department

TEE and Area of Maximal Compression

Establishing a Hybrid Point of Care Ultrasound Program at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali

Developing an Obstetric POCUS course for North Africa and the Middle East

Bridging distances with tele-ultrasound: a potential solution to scaling up use of point-of-care ultrasound within emergency care settings

Chair's Letter

Timely Council Resolution Encourages Using Tap Water for Wound Irrigation

ACEP Advocacy in Action: AHRQ Summit on Boarding

Clinical Alert: Conservation of IV Fluids Urged with NC Manufacturing Factory Closed

POCUS 2-Minute Video Challenge 2024

Meaningful Relationships, More Personal Attention Key to New Workplace Challenges, Speaker Says

EPs Look to Answer Questions Surrounding Waiting Room Medicine, Speaker Says

Human Interaction, Taking on Challenges Still Crucial in the Future of Fulfilling Work, ACEP24 Speaker Says

Council Chooses New President-Elect, Members of the ACEP Board of Directors

Alison J. Haddock, MD, FACEP, Begins Term as ACEP President

Coalition Effort Spurs Licensure Boards, Hospitals to Better Support Worker’s Mental Health

Congress Must Fix Flawed Medicare Payment System

ACEP to CMS: Require Hospital Plans to Address Boarding in Emergency Departments

ACEP-Backed Legislation Will Strengthen No Surprises Act Enforcement

Just the Highlights: Improving Survival in Cardiac Arrest

ACEP Urges FTC to Challenge Harmful Non-Compete Ruling

Insurer Downcoding Halted By ACEP's Work in California

Dual Training Residency Fair

Combined Training FAQs

ACEP EUS Fellowship Subcommittee Update

Make an Impact! Writing Your Next Educational Ultrasound #FOAMed Post

The Value of Presence

Pediatric heat stroke: The danger of children left in hot cars

ACEP EUS Residency Education Subcommittee Update

The Case for Identifying and Situationally Anesthetizing the Radial Nerve at the Mid Humerus Shaft: A Reproducible and Consistent Technique to Identifying the Radial Nerve

Comparing Nerve Block Models: Meat Versus Vegetarian Options

ACEP Ultrasound Simulation Subcommittee Update

ACEP US Section Sonoguide Subcommittee Update

Navigating the Path to Success: Establishing the Jacobs School’s Student Ultrasound Program

Lessons Learned from the First Years of the POCUS Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pearls and Pitfalls in Medical Education Research

Chair's Letter

ACEP Urges US Senate to Pass the SAVE Act, Prevent ED Violence

July 2024 - Message from the Chair

A Big Win and Strong Step Toward Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Decoding Critical Aortic Stenosis: A Guide to Spotting the Heart's Sneaky Traffic Jam with Ultrasound

ACEP’s First Take on the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)

Xylazine: A Confounding Adulterant

CalACEP Advocacy Leads to Historic Medicaid Reimbursement Increase

Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture in Infants

Advanced Echo Pocket Card Series: Regional Wall Motion Abnormality

Probing the Literature: Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Illuminating Possibilities in CRAO Diagnosis and Treatment

2023 Writing Award Submission

2023 Visual Arts Award Submission-Ascent

From the Editor

From the Chair

Death Is Usually an Easy Diagnosis

2023 Visual Arts Submission-Peaceful Reflection

2023 Visual Arts Award Submission-Window, Nepal

ACEP Board and Council Candidates Finalized

Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

Taking Aim at Preventing Firearm-Related Injuries: The Role of Emergency Medicine Physicians

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonists

Making Your Voice Heard: ACEP Takes Action at AMA House of Delegates

Handheld Ultrasound Market Round-up

Cardiac Tamponade

Critical Care Billing and Coding Review and Updates for 2024

P2 (PEM POCUS) Network

Emergency Ultrasound Section Pediatric Subcommittee Update

Management of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in our Systemwide Ultrasound Program

Disinfection

Pain Management and Addiction April 2024 Newsletter

POCUS on the Peds Side: A World of Its Own

Growth of PEM POCUS Online Collaboratives & Resources

Chair's Letter

EMS Day at the Museum: 50 Years and Thriving

New CMS Portal for Reporting of EMTALA Violations

Congress Introduces ACEP-Developed Due Process Legislation

New State Legislative Dashboard Highlights Chapter Advocacy Activities

ACEP, Other Physicians Urge Supreme Court to Uphold EMTALA as Arguments Were Heard on Federal-State Conflict Over Emergency Abortions

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Members Can Practice EM Freely as FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Clauses

New Virginia Law Requires Physician at All Hospital Emergency Departments

Action Day as LAC24 Attendees Meet with Members of Congress

When Emergency Physicians Regularly Fear Violence at Work, It’s Past Time for Change

Hot Issues in EM Fill the Day at LAC24

LAC Kicks Off with Personalized Leadership Training for Women, Young Physicians

ACEP Stands with MCEP in Supporting Emergency Physicians

CMS Proposal Includes ACEP-Developed Measures for Geriatric Care

Updated CMS Guidance on Informed Consent Does Not Apply to Emergency Care

News & Events

Anesthesiologist, Emergency Physician and Radiologist Groups Maintain Support for Texas Medical Association Challenge to Flawed No Surprises Act Implementation

Emergency Physicians Call on Congress to Help Stop Violence in Health Care

Statement on the Emergency Medicine Match Results

Risk of Cerebral Hemorrhage with Lytics and Anti-Amyloid Drugs

The Social EM Dilemma: The tension between a central EM mission and limited ED resources

Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Application Kit

Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Key Aspects in the Management of TBI in the ED to Minimize Secondary Injury

ECMO in Trauma: Expanding Indications

Acute Liver Failure Case

Emergency Physicians Call Out Bad Insurer Behavior, Request Immediate Enforcement

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: Ultrasonography in Sepsis

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: A Novel Approach to US-Guided Thoracostomy

Transcranial Doppler in the Emergency Department: A Clinical Application and Quick Reference

Sono Hot Seat

ACEP Critical Care Subcommittee Update

Emerging Ultrasound Technology: Sonothrombolysis in the treatment of acute ST-elevation MI

ACEP Provides Feedback on CMS Boarding Measure

ACEP EUS Industry Round Table Subcommittee Update

Creating a 3D Printed US Lightsaber