Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Furthermore, educating both patients and their families is important in order to achieve good treatment compliance and better clinical outcomes. It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Incentive spirometry has also demonstrated to improve outcomes in SCD without respiratory symptoms and with back pain.

Blood Transfusions 126

Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126

Cook County EM Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Further document handedness, occupation, site of injury, and thorough review of systems to evaluate for potential complications ○ Complications as distant as pneumomediastinum following air injection of the hand have been reported5,6. ➢ 2006 Jul;20(7):503-11. Latex paint-gun injuries of the hand: are the outcomes better?

Documentation/Coding 52

Documentation/Coding Fractures Operations Research 52

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: And finally, how many of you wish there was a clearly outlined evidence-based approach to managing such patients to improve care and outcomes? 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.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40

The Injectable Orange

JUNE 20, 2017

This is met with resistance, “we’re too busy theirs not enough staff or time”, “the staff have done mock codes before, they really disrupt things and they hated them”. The world is a strange place when we can’t do something so simple when it’s critical, but we do it so well when the outcomes are meaningless. Stimulus by Prof.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Documentation/Coding Wellness Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Posterior – Shortened, adducted, internally rotated 5,6 Anterior – Shortened, abducted, externally rotated 5,6 As with all dislocations, perform and document distal neurovascular exam before and after management. 8 Perform and document distal neurovascular exam. 5 CT if concern for occult fracture. Hospitals, 2018.

EMS 88

EMS Dislocations Fractures Operations 88

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients. 2006 May 15;106(10):2258-66. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Coding for Mucositis. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C

Infectious Diseases 86

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 86

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Cardiac Syncope ("True Syncope") Independent Predictors of Adverse Outcomes condensed from multiple studies 1. 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. These premonitory symptoms were negative predictors of adverse outcomes in EGSYS.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Confirming endotracheal placement: In addition to the usual required methods and documentation, remember that, most likely, your patient will still be breathing. 2014;46(6):814-820 on Medscape.com. ** Example trauma case report requiring airway control; the decision process, algorithms, and alternatives, outcome. Always be gentle!

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation Airway Management EMS CPR 40

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

There are many previous studies associating chronic and acute cannabis use with poor outcomes. They included all individuals who used the province’s public health insurance program—which covers 97% of residents between 2006 and 2021. They used codes to find those who had a visit for CUD. This is free post.

Hospitals 86

Hospitals Poisoning Documentation/Coding Outcomes 86