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Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

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13 Interventions may include: Ascertaining a patient’s preferred language early in the clinical encounter (during registration, for instance), and clearly documenting this preference in a place that is visible to all providers. Utilizing certified interpreters and documenting their use. Educating patients on their rights. Pediatrics.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

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A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member? ACEP has a voice for all, but its reach is limited by resources.

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The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Research indicates that vaccine-induced antibodies persist for 412 years, while immunity from natural infection lasts between 4 and 20 years. Manual for the laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella infection Geneva: WHO Documents Production Services, 2007 Available from: [link] [Accessed 4 Oct 2024] Government of the United Kingdom.

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7d vs 14d of Antibiotics in Afebrile Men with UTI

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Another trial suggests that two weeks of treatment performed similarly to 4 weeks (Ulleryd, 2003). Other studies in afebrile men with UTI have been observational and suggested that longer-duration therapy was not associated with any benefit (Ulleryd, 2003). Flexible recruitment methods allowed enrollment by mail or from home (52.2%

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It is critically important to document the physical findings in a plain-seeing, plain-speaking, non-judgmental manner that will not color or taint future investigations. Accurate time entries are important to document. Natural psycho-physiological responses may alter perceptions during the life-threatening event.

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Carbon Dioxide As A Resuscitative Gas

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This is a cased kit of a Sparklet Resuscitator (J size), with pressure chamber, regulator, tubing, reservoir bag, flow stopcock, and funnel mask, with associated documents. He took up many clinical researches feeling that physiology should be an applied science contributing to the solution of human problems. a Yale physiologist.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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ABG and VBG Correlation The correlation between venous and arterial blood gases is well-documented for standard differences (Table 1), and the data obtained from the VBG can be acted on as if it were an ABG (1, 3-6). Annals of Emergency Medicine: Research Forum abstract| Volume 56, Issue 3, S104, September 2010. PMID: 31321471. (21)