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Take the Resilience Challenge

The Injectable Orange

link] In the early 2000’s, Safer Healthcare Now and other initiatives were launched to improve the 10% error rate in hospitals worldwide. There are several perspectives on why patient safety hasn’t improved. Resilience Challenge, a new interactive videogame, aims to raise awareness about these pressures. So what went wrong?

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Beyond Ketamine: When to use Facilitated Intubation in the ED

EMDocs

This has been shown to increase the first pass success rate in these challenging scenarios, reducing the risk of complications and optimizing patient safety (23). Case Resolution: The patient was placed on NIPPV. The patient was placed in a semi-fowler’s position and given 0.4mg/kg of midazolam. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. Today, not in spirit, but in true impact, care is increasingly emergency physician led in these networked emergency departments. We must always work against a balance.