ACEP Now

MARCH 13, 2024

Consequences of this are well documented and include delayed treatment, exposure to error, increased length of stay, and increased mortality. Conclusion/Recommendation ED crowding is a national patient safety issue driven by hospitals routinely operating over capacity. 2002 Jun;94(6):426-9. ED crowding impairs this mission.

Ethical Issues 52

Ethical Issues Emergency Department Operations Hospitals 52

ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

In our case, the patient had a CT of the head, cervical spine, and chest, abdomen, and pelvis with intravenous contrast demonstrated a C2, C7 compression fracture with significant bowel edema (Figure 4), and was taken to the operating room for left arm disarticulation, left below knee amputation and right above knee amputation.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation EKG/ECG EMS 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

However, children who had an operation experienced improvements in behaviour, symptoms, and quality of life and had lower blood pressure. Data collected from 2002 to 2021 revealed a 72% decline in IPD incidence among children (<18 years), with continued reductions after the transition from PCV7 to PCV13. Pediatrics. Eur J Pediatr.

Pediatrics 98

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Blood Transfusions Sepsis 98

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

Pull out the manikins (or use a volunteer; BVM only) and run some awkward codes! Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table. Most training is likewise done with the patient on a table. Patients in their moment of crisis may not be in such a position! Smally, A. Beckham, J., & Cortes, V. Weinberg, G.

Airway Management 40

Airway Management Pediatrics Resuscitation Emergency Nursing 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

It is also worth considering: Cardiac channel mutations in SIDS: a population-based molecular autopsy study, Ackermann et al, Circulation 2002. The Fontan circulation was an operation initially developed around 50 years ago to treat tricuspid atresia. A 12 year old girl was heard to be coughing in the middle of the night.

EKG/ECG 98

EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding 98

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2002; 12:411-413. 2002; 78:27-30. 2002; 17:169-172. Take the child seriously who has disproportionate symptoms to what should be a minor injury.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics EKG/ECG Wellness Seizures 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of older adults (age ≥60 years) who presented with syncope or near syncope to one of 3 emergency departments (EDs) between 2002 and 2005. 95% CI = 1.9

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52