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Is it Time to Take Another Look at the State of Emergency Care in the U.S.? 

ACEP Now

Working closely with the CDC, I came to know a lot about rural medicine and how to improve it,” he says, guessing he may have been tapped for the committee through his work as principal investigator on more than $6.1 million in federal grants. Is it working? What needs to change in the future? It’s time for another push.”

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006. (US Current depression among adults United States, 2006 and 2008.

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

EMDocs

80 It can be caused by traumatic nerve, spinal cord, or brain injury (including stroke) or can be a sequela of conditions like diabetes, HIV/AIDS, postherpetic neuropathies, multiple sclerosis, cancer, or chemotherapies. 2006 Jun;26(6):684-90. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain–United States, 2016.