Preparing for New Year’s Eve with PEPID
The numbers are staggering. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) there are an average of 300,000 drunk driving accidents per day. It’s a problem magnified during the holiday season, capped off by New Year’s Eve. PEPID is here to help you prepare. Here’s a...
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! PEPID’s Prognosis for Injured Christmas Characters
Quick! A young boy is in the ER after shooting his eye out. In the next room, you’ve have a drunk and belligerent mall Santa. Next to him is a pair of burglars known as the Wet Bandits who have a series of serious injuries. Across the hall, you’ve got a...
Preparing for Christmas Catastrophes with PEPID
The holidays can be the most wonderful time of the year, but that’s not always the case. In fact, for some the holiday season could mean it’s time to deck the halls with gauze and band-aids. In 100 hospitals spread throughout the U.S., The Consumer Product Safety...
Repercussions of the Wildfires & How to Treat Them
California wildfires are ravaging thousands of acres of land in California. Many displaced victims will be seeking treatment away from home with many problems associated with the fires. Here are the most common health problems emergency departments will see. Click to...
World AIDS Day: 3 Reasons to be Optimistic
World Aids Day is Friday, December 1. It’s a day to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS, a disease that took more than one million lives in 2016 alone. Luckily, we’re closer than ever before to finding a cure. Here are three methods that could hold the keys to curing...
Killing Cancer with CAR-T Cell Therapy
There’s a new immunotherapy approach that could change the way cancer is treated in the future. It’s called CAR-T cell therapy and it’s showing promising results in small clinical trials treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and adults with...
ASHP’s 75th Anniversary … Will We See You There?
We’re very excited to announce that the PEPID team will be attending the 75th Anniversary ASHP conference. ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition brings in more than 25,000 pharmacy professionals, making it the largest gathering of pharmacy...
New Study Could Change the Way Doctors Prescribe Opioids in the ER
Finally, some encouraging news about the opioid crisis. The results of a recent study could lead to a change in the way doctors prescribe opioids for pain in emergency departments. Findings from a randomized clinical trial, authored by Dr. Alex Chang, show that a...
5 Ways to Help Patients Quit Smoking
An estimated 480,000 Americans die each year from issues associated with smoking cigarettes. According to the CDC, tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of death in the United States. Even worse, these illnesses cost more than $300 billion each...
What Happened to the NFL and Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
Every Sunday from September to February, millions of people pack into NFL stadiums. Another 15.1 million settle into their couch and watch the big game on TV. That makes the NFL the perfect platform to raise awareness for a number of causes. This October, however,...
PEPID Profiles: Saving Lives with Larissa Braun, RN, BSN
Listening to her mother’s stories about being air ambulance paramedic, Larissa Braun knew she wanted to be a nurse at an early age. Fueled by adrenaline, she knew she was meant for intensive care medicine, and now she thrives in public health.
7 Hospital Horror Stories for Halloween
Any health care professional can tell you, Halloween or not, some pretty scary things can happen on the job at any given moment. ’Tis the season to be spooky, so we’ve decided to round up a few hospital horror stories to make your Halloween a little bit more …...
Will We See You at ACEP17?
We’re very excited to be attending this year’s ACEP Scientific Assembly in Washington, D.C, from October 29 to November 1. We’ve attended this conference every year since 2011, and it never ceases to amaze. This year, more than 350 courses and labs will be offered to...