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Opioid Prescribing Guidelines from ICEP and IHA Now Available
April 19, 2018Every day, an estimated five people in Illinois die from opioid-related overdoses. With overdoses surging 70 percent from 2013-16 and hospital emergency departments seeing a 66 percent increase in opioid overdose visits last year, ICEP partnered with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) to develop Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: For Patients in the Emergency Department […]
CDC Outbreak Alert: Outbreak Alert: Potential Life-Threatening Vitamin K-Dependent Antagonist Coagulopathy Associated With Synthetic Cannabinoids Use
April 9, 2018The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Clinical Action Outbreak Alert regarding the outbreak associated with synthetic cannabinoid use. Read complete CDC bulletin CDC Summary: From 10 March 2018 through 05 April 2018, 94 people have presented to Emergency Departments (89 in Illinois, 2 in Indiana, 1 in Maryland, 1 in […]
IDPH Update on Synthetic Cannabinoid (SC) (K2/spice) Outbreak
April 5, 2018The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with local health departments, continue to investigate an outbreak of severe bleeding among individuals who have recently used synthetic cannabinoids, often called Spice, K2, or fake weed. As of today, IDPH has reports of 89 people, including two deaths. Several of these cases have positive blood tests […]
ICEP Member Spearheads New ‘Total Tox Course’ for Emergency Providers
March 28, 2018ICEP member Christina Hantsch, MD, FACEP, FAACT, FACMT, Director of the Division of Toxicology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, has partnered with the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) to create a new toxicology course for emergency providers. The course will be held September 5-7, 2018, at the Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront. […]
Outbreak: Severe Coagulopathy Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids (‘K2/Spice’)
March 27, 2018The Illinois Poison Center has reported 9 cases of severe coagulopathy associated with smoking synthetic cannabinoids to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) since March 10. All nine cases reported using synthetic cannabinoids, (e.g., K2, spice, synthetic marijuana, fake weed/legal weed, genie, etc.); however, a common product used by the cases has not yet […]
Chicago Minority Medical Student in Emergency Medicine Program Hosting Fundraiser
March 22, 2018All ICEP members are invited to join colleagues at the Chicago Minority Medical Students of Emergency Medicine (CMMSEM) Spring Fundraiser for a celebration of visual, spoken, and musical art. View Save-the-Date Flyer ICEP President-Elect Janet Lin, MD, MPH, FACEP, will be representing ICEP at the event. CMMSEM is a program designed to promote underrepresented minorities […]
ICEP Member Serving as Physician Leader for March for Our Lives Chicago
March 21, 2018ICEP member Sobia Ansari, MD, MPH is serving as a physician leader with Doctors Demand Action for the March for Our Lives in Chicago, planned for Saturday, March 24 in Union Park. ICEP members who wish to join fellow physicians and other health care professionals from across Chicago are welcome to join the event. The […]
ACEP Committee Interest Form Now Open
March 15, 2018Committee interest for FY 2018-19 is now open. Various ACEP publications will outline the process for members and information is also on the ACEP web site. Members interested in serving on a committee, and who are not currently serving on a national committee, must submit a completed committee interest form and CV by May 29, […]
ICEP Leadership Scholarship Recipients for 2018 Announced
February 26, 2018ICEP would like to congratulate the 3 recipients of the 2018 ICEP Leadership Scholarship program: Jenna Nikolaides, MD, MA, FACEP, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Justine Seidenfeld, MD, PGY2, Cook County Hospital Archana Shah, MD, MBA, PGY3, University of Chicago Drs. Nikolaides, Seidenfeld, and Shah will be joining us at Advocacy Bootcamp on March 9 […]
ICEP Leadership Scholarship Application Process Open Through January 29
December 28, 2017ICEP is pleased to announce the Leadership Scholarship program is continuing in 2018. The program is open to all Illinois member residents. 3 scholarships are available! Applications are due January 29, 2018. ICEP Leadership Scholarship Program Overview ICEP will award 3 $750 Leadership Scholarships in 2018. The scholarship recipients will be required to use the […]