Critical Care Section Newsroom

August 21, 2024

Just the Highlights: Improving Survival in Cardiac Arrest

McHale and Moore’s review article discusses several ways to improve patient survival during cardiac arrest. This article will review a select few of their recommendations as well as the evidence avail...

June 3, 2024

Critical Care Billing and Coding Review and Updates for 2024

While it may not be the most exciting topic to discuss, critical care billing and coding is an important part of our jobs.

March 12, 2024

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

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump, blow, jolt to the head, or p...

March 12, 2024

ECMO in Trauma: Expanding Indications

The first reported successful application of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) in an adult took place in a 24-year old male who experienced acute respiratory distress syndrome following multiple trau...

March 12, 2024

Acute Liver Failure Case

Acute liver failure is not a common condition seen in the ER, but it is important to recognize and treat early as it has a high morbidity and mortality rate.

July 20, 2023

Apply to be a Rising Star Speaker at ACEP23!

Are you interested in presenting during the Critical Care Medicine Section Meeting at ACEP's Scientific Assembly in Philadelphia in October?

September 29, 2022

A Novel Case-Based Echocardiography Teaching Platform for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Trainees

Rising Stars Article by Mina Ghobrial, MD

September 28, 2022

Identifying and Correcting the Performance Errors of Video Laryngoscopy: The Next Step in Emergency Airway Education

Rising Stars Presentations at ACEP22 October 2, 2022

September 28, 2022

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of the Carotid Artery during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Rising Stars Article by: Samuel G. Rouleau, MD, Roderick Fontenette, MD, MHCM, CPE, FACEP, FCCM, and Nicholas J. Johnson, MD, FACEP, FCCM

September 28, 2022

The Resuscitationist’s Approach to Severe Hyponatremia

Rising Stars Article by Sarah Perez, MD

July 21, 2022

Leadership and Advancement in EM-CCM: Can We Change the Landscape

Read Video Transcript - [Marie-Carmelle] All right, so just to start off, I'll be sharing my personal journey in emergency medicine and critical care. But also describing some current metrics in dive...

July 8, 2022

Apply to be a Rising Star Speaker at ACEP22!

Are you interested in presenting during the Critical Care Medicine Section Meeting at ACEP's Scientific Assembly in San Francisco in October?

July 15, 2021

Apply to be a Rising Star Speaker at ACEP21!

Are you interested in presenting during the Critical Care Medicine Section Meeting at ACEP's Scientific Assembly in Boston in October?

April 30, 2021

Section Elections

If you or someone you know is interested in the interface between emergency medicine (EM) and critical care medicine (CCM) and willing to serve as a leader of the Section, then WE NEED YOU!!

April 30, 2021

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Bystander CPR during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Early Review

As of February 7, 2021, over 26 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 460,000 associated deaths have been reported in the United States.

April 30, 2021

An Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Perspective on Global Health

Global health means many different things to different people. For some, the term brings to mind the public health efforts to provide access to clean drinking water and sanitation in the fight against...

April 30, 2021

Midriff Mayhem: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the ICU

As your critically ill patient takes a turn for the worst with worsening hypotension, encephalopathy, and diminishing urine output, it is important to consider abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in ...

April 30, 2021

From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor

Welcome to the ACEP Critical Care Medicine Section spring 2021 newsletter! We hope that you will find this content useful and relevant to your practice.

April 30, 2021

From the Chair

The reminiscing on social media has been prominent over the first couple of weeks of March, as we all collectively take stock of where we are and what we have lost over the last year.

September 10, 2020

The Quiet Heroes of COVID-19

COVID-19 has changed the priorities and outlook of individuals, groups, and organizations. Situated in the heart of Indiana, Indiana University Health (IUH) has not been immune to the impact.

September 10, 2020

The Use of TEG to Evaluate for Hypercoagulopathy

Thromboelastography (TEG) is often discussed in the setting of the bleeding patient – where are my deficiencies and how can I provide targeted resuscitation or treatment?

September 10, 2020

On the Question of Venous Thromboembolism in COVID-19: Some Answers, More Questions and Our Experience

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has wreaked havoc, due to its contagiousness and ability to manifest a deadly ...

September 10, 2020

Tummy Time: Prone Positioning for Non-Intubated Patients in the ED

As of June 2020, there have been over seven million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with approximately 40% of hospitalized patients developing acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory di...

September 10, 2020

How to Zoom Like a Pro

It has been broadly and long acknowledged that, in some vague future, Zoom and other videoconferencing applications would revolutionize the practice, administration, and teaching of medicine.

September 10, 2020

From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor

Welcome to the ACEP Critical Care Medicine Section 2020 summer newsletter! We’ve primarily included content related to COVID-19 in this issue, as the pandemic continues to affect all of us