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Position Statement on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course
AAEM recognizes the value of the ACLS curriculum for non-EM boarded physicians and other health care providers who need to be familiar with the principles of acute cardiac care. However, AAEM believes that board certification in Emergency Medicine establishes expertise in acute cardiac life support beyond what which is taught in the ACLS course. Therefore, […] -
Position Statement on the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course
AAEM recognizes the value of the ATLS curriculum for non-EM boarded physicians and other health care providers who need to be familiar with the principles of trauma care. However, AAEM believes that board certification in Emergency Medicine establishes expertise in trauma care beyond that which is taught in the ATLS course. Therefore, ATLS should not […] -
Performance of Emergency Screening Ultrasound Examinations
Performance of Emergency Screening Ultrasound Examinations Definition An Emergency Screening Ultrasound Examination (ESUE) is a sonographic imaging procedure performed by an emergency physician on a patient in the emergency department in an effort to detect acute medical problems. Purpose The purpose of obtaining this sonographic information would be to expedite patient diagnosis, treatment, or […]
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AAEM Sends Open Letter to West Coast Emergency Physicians
As reported in the last issue of Common Sense, AAEM is very concerned about the plans of Catholic Healthcare West to purchase EPMG. We have lent our support to a group of California emergency physicians who have filed a complaint with the California State Supreme Court seeking protection under the California Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine. […] -
A Brief Discussion of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
The best that can be said for the idea of treating submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) with thrombolytic therapy is that it is unsupported by the available literature, which is very limited. A submassive PE is one which does not cause hypotension but produces changes on echocardiography, particularly on right heart strain. This is suggestive of […]
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Common Sense – March/April ’23
If you died and came back, what would your art look like?
