Clinical Policies/Policy Statements

So I hear a lot that you should be well versed with the official policies of the major organizations relevant to your practice. Not necessarily that you have to abide by them but that you need to be familiar with them and know very clearly when you are deviating and why because if you end up in court, it's the policies that will be cited as evidence of your malpractice. So then I have a few questions. Is there anywhere to get a compilation of the current ACEP policies or do you have to pull them off the website one-by-one? What's the difference between a policy statement and a clinical policy? Political vs medical? What other major policies are relevant to emergency physicians? Basically the major common illnesses? AHA for ACS, ASA for stroke, ACCP for pneumonia, etc? Thanks.
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