The Death of Empathy The medical landscape has transformed for the worse, and now we are just numb Jan 04, 2022
U.S. Opioid Prescribing Falls, Though Cuts Are Uneven Measures to reduce opioids affected populations differently Dec 27, 2021
Docs Sue Envision Over Violation of Bans on Corporate Practice of Medicine Group says the corporation should be barred from running EDs in California Dec 26, 2021
Nurse Fired Over COVID Complaints Reinstated Arbitrator rules in favor of nurse fired early in the pandemic Dec 21, 2021
At Their Breaking Point, Nurses Plead With Public in COVID Videos "Hospital staff are paying the price" of vaccine misinformation Dec 20, 2021
Hospital Dumps Doc Who Took COVID Patient Off FDA-Approved Antiviral John Witcher, MD, stopped remdesivir in three patients and switched them to ivermectin Dec 10, 2021
Hospitals in the Midwest Face New COVID Surge Amid increasing Delta cases, staffing is down, and Omicron looms Dec 09, 2021
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Strategy Safely Reduces Chest Imaging Clinical gestalt plus D-dimer and two sets of clinical factors was non-inferior in clinical trial Dec 07, 2021
Reflections After the Last ER Shift After spending decades in a career, calling it quits can be hard Dec 04, 2021
High Altitudes Mess With CPR Skills in Trained EMS Personnel Rescuers didn't notice their worsening chest compressions in simulated helicopter environment Dec 03, 2021
Head Trauma Patients on Blood Thinners Need Surveillance Delayed intracranial bleeding observed in patients Dec 01, 2021
Interventions for Teen Dating Violence Do Hold Water However, effects on sexual violence specifically were unclear, according to meta-analysis Nov 29, 2021
Are Nurse Staffing Agencies Overcharging Hospitals? Lawmakers ask for investigation into price hikes during pandemic Nov 18, 2021
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
Bentracimab on Point as Fast-Acting Ticagrelor Reversal Agent "Immediate and sustained" benefit, interim REVERSE-IT analysis found Nov 17, 2021
Paramedic Treatment of Status Epilepticus Rarely Consistent With Guidelines Of more than 9,000 EMS encounters, only 3.9% followed expert recommendations Nov 17, 2021
Right Place, Right Time: Heart Surgeon Saves Man in Nature, Then the OR -- Twice "The odds it's astronomically low," said Corey Adams, MD Nov 12, 2021
Nurse Who Fainted at Travis Scott Concert Tried to Save Others Madeline Eskins said security, medics weren't prepared for disaster Nov 09, 2021
Doctors Sue Hackensack Meridian for Age Discrimination Three older emergency pediatric doctors were fired while younger docs were retained, lawsuit says Nov 05, 2021
Gabby Petito and the Silent Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence Provider and public intervention can help prevent similar situations Nov 05, 2021
Texas Medical Association Sues Feds Over Surprise Billing Physician group says arbitration rules give insurers an unfair advantage Nov 02, 2021
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Takes Heavy Toll on Public Health Annual disability-adjusted life years analysis rarely applied to SCA, researcher says Nov 01, 2021
Women Remain Most at Risk of Brain Vein Clots After J&J Vaccine Researchers say that risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis "was still low" Nov 01, 2021
San Diego EDs Deluged With Patients After Cyberattack "I've been with UCSD for 30 years, and it's not something I've seen before." Oct 30, 2021
Michigan EDs See Jump in Cannabis-Related Neuropsychiatric Toxicity Community-based study reports "troublesome" data in state that legalized marijuana for adults Oct 30, 2021
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
UnitedHealth Cries Fraud in $100M Lawsuit Against TeamHealth Legal battle with emergency services staffing firm drags on Oct 29, 2021
Apres Metal Detectors, Le Deluge? Screening at One ED Turned Up Weapons Galore But critic says the analysis bypasses important questions overall about security systems Oct 29, 2021
Big Endorsement of Coronary CT Angiography in Chest Pain Guidelines New guidelines widely applauded, though there is dissent Oct 29, 2021
Prospective Residents Told Little About EM Programs' Research Strategies Study also finds leaders frustrated with unclear expectations Oct 28, 2021
$22K for 10 Stitches, a Year and a Half Later Despite impending regulations, surprise billing still happens Oct 28, 2021
Ticagrelor Steps It Up for Stroke Patients With Impaired Clopidogrel Metabolism Fine-tuning dual antiplatelet therapy for secondary stroke prevention Oct 28, 2021
Seeing Evil, but Still Not Speaking of It ED workers quietly absorb verbal and physical violence, study finds Oct 27, 2021
Fourth Shot for Immune Compromised; Gain-of-Function Revisited; ER Visits Swell A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 27, 2021
911 Call Centers Unprepared for Mental Health, Substance Use Crises Lack of training, options beyond law enforcement cited in survey Oct 26, 2021
After Antibiotics for Appendicitis, Many Need Surgery CODA trial follow-up data may shift opinions Oct 25, 2021
Still Time to Thwart Health Effects of Climate Change, but Clock Is Ticking A global effort to fuse COVID-19 recovery with climate mitigation is necessary, experts say Oct 21, 2021
No Benefit to Intensifying Diabetes Meds at Hospital Discharge Older adults discharged with intensified regimen had higher risk of severe hypoglycemia Oct 21, 2021