Bystander CPR More Likely in States Requiring Teen Training State laws linked with 12% higher rate of bystander CPR May 23, 2022
COVID Cases Emerge After Emergency Medicine Meeting Attendees say lack of mitigation measures among their own disheartening for public health May 20, 2022
Two Drugs Better Than One for 'Rescue' Asthma Therapy Fixed-dose combo inhaler beats good old albuterol May 15, 2022
What Golden Hour for Stroke? Introducing the 'Platinum Half-Hour' Higher stakes for a neuroprotectant to be found someday May 13, 2022
'I Have Never Felt Less Safe at Work' Violence against healthcare workers is increasing -- it's time for a change May 11, 2022
New York Doc Tries to Take Down No Surprises Act But lawsuit to overturn the law is "really, really weak," legal expert says May 10, 2022
Black Kids From Poorer Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by DKA Readmissions But even those in areas with better resources faced disparities versus other children May 05, 2022
More Intense Pain Tied to Failed Appendicitis Treatment in Kids Study showed higher pain levels led to early failure in antibiotic treatment May 02, 2022
Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
Are My Coping Skills a Result of My Emergency Medicine Training? Adrienne Van Curen, MD, advises learning to accept what you can't control Apr 12, 2022
Minneapolis Docs Barred From Police Officer Side Hustle Hennepin Healthcare decided to also end its contract for medical instruction with city police Apr 08, 2022
Systemic Corticosteroids in Acute HF: Worth Another Look? Some see a potential treatment for patients with more inflammation Apr 08, 2022
Nafcillin a Safe Option for Late-Onset Sepsis in Preemies Guidelines to reduce vancomycin use at an Ohio hospital did not affect mortality rate Apr 05, 2022
Fired Doc Who Won $26M Speaks Out; $500K Air Ambulance Bill; FDA's Heart Pump Woes This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 30, 2022
Infamous Vitamin C Study May Rely on Fraudulent Data Statistician alleges data in study led by Paul Marik, MD, were fabricated Mar 25, 2022
TeamHealth Will Pay $15 Million to Emergency Physicians Nation's largest staffing firm allegedly failed to pay docs for supervising NPs, PAs Mar 15, 2022
European Authorities Warn of Deadly Contaminated Champagne Moet bottles had extremely high doses of MDMA Mar 09, 2022
A Case of Mistaken Identity or Blatant Bias? It's time to address gender and racial biases in medicine Feb 25, 2022
Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
Cognitive Effects Persist After Concussion At 1 year, poor cognitive outcomes were common in people with mild TBI Feb 18, 2022
Ethics Consult: Force Doctors to Remove Bullet From Suspect's Leg? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Feb 18, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
High Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women More than one in four young women experienced physical or sexual violence, according to WHO study Feb 17, 2022
High-Deductible Insurance Linked to More Complex Hernias Study suggests delays in care, particularly for those with no health savings account Feb 14, 2022
Certification Status Makes a Difference for Stroke Centers Lower-level hospitals performing a "surprising" number of thrombectomies Feb 12, 2022
Evidence for Stroke Thrombectomy in Kids 'as Good as It Gets' Expansion of EVT bolstered by population-based study from Australia Feb 11, 2022
DOACs Working Out for CVT Strokes So Far Findings of ACTION-CVT provide some reassurance Feb 10, 2022
Can Tenecteplase Help Late-Presenting Strokes? Early phase data from China suggestive of benefit Feb 10, 2022
Emergent Stroke Care Within Reach for Nearly All in U.S. Next question is staffing at those centers Feb 09, 2022
Rural Access to Care Even Worse for Minority Communities Access to hospital services breaks down along historic racial lines Feb 07, 2022
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Shadowing ED Social Workers YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, explores a different side of the emergency department Feb 03, 2022
ED Readiness Key to Kids' Survival After Trauma Visits Study finds 30% lower mortality risk at EDs ranking at the top for pediatric readiness Feb 02, 2022
More Headway in Taking Acute Aortic Dissections Straight to the OR Shorter waits, better survival at one center Jan 30, 2022
Setting Boundaries and the Power of Saying 'No' An emergency physician explores saying "yes" to yourself and "no" to others Jan 29, 2022
Six Medical app With the Highest Hourly Wages Plastic and orthopedic surgery top the list Jan 27, 2022
Turmoil in San Jose ED: Overworked, Unhappy Staff Stage Walkout Yes, the pandemic is still causing havoc, but is a new doc staffing group making things worse? Jan 27, 2022
My Wife Had Our Baby Girl in NYC Traffic -- And I Delivered Her An ED doc uses lessons learned in his own emergency Jan 25, 2022
COVID in Kids Under 5 May Look Like Croup, Pediatricians Warn Barking cough may be specific to Omicron Jan 13, 2022
The Death of Empathy The medical landscape has transformed for the worse, and now we are just numb Jan 04, 2022