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Join Dr. Schwarz for a webinar about transitioning patients with opioid use disorder to post-ED care.

Dr. Daniel Theodoro and Michelle Wheeler, RN, are now colleagues, 11 years after he helped save her life after a heart attack.

The EM ultrasound section organized and hosted our 2nd annual PICO POCUS one-day workshop to pediatric critical care medicine fellows and pediatric emergency medicine fellows.

Douglas Char, MD, professor of Emergency Medicine, helps people when they are at their most distressed.

One would be hard-pressed to find anyone in America who hasn’t at least heard about the opioid addiction crisis affecting families and cities across the country. Yet despite a general awareness, many questions still remain about the most effective methods to address this growing epidemic.

A coalition of six medical organizations has recommended that hospital doctors take more caution when prescribing opioids for patients with pain.

Brian Froelke, MD, has been recognized by the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases as a state legislative advocate for patients with rare diseases.

Severe scooter injuries worry doctors.

As concerned physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, we want to bring to your attention the worrisome trends in injuries we are now seeing in our emergency department related to electric scooters.

As concerned physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, we want to bring to your attention the worrisome trends in injuries we are now seeing in our emergency department related to electric scooters.

A new study examined whether ketamine could work as an alternative to opioids for pain relief in an emergency room setting.

The second annual Larry Lewis Health Policy Symposium will bring together experts specializing in gun violence research from a public health and policy perspective.

The IFEM awards the Order of the IFEM (FIFEM) to an individual who is a member of an IFEM member
organisation who has demonstrated an extensive and continuous commitment to the specialty of Emergency Medicine…

Anthem will continue to enforce its controversial emergency room policy in Missouri, despite a new law that goes into effect in August that’s intended to circumvent that program.

Implemented during the Clinton administration in 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that guarantees unpaid leave for qualifying employees.

The 3rd Midwest Nephrology & Transplant Symposium Ultrasound Workshop, held September 8-10, 2017, at Washington University School of Medicine, was a success.