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

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3,4 Notably, institutions receiving federal funding (such as hospitals receiving Medicare reimbursement) must abide by Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which entitles persons with NELP to language assistance. Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. Lion KC, et al. Pediatrics. 135:e709-e716.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

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J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631. Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Collaborative Care in the Identification and Management of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults.

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Paediatric Appendicitis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

She had a low-grade fever and an episode of vomiting before coming to the hospital. Clinical scoring tools for appendicitis The recently published Best Practice Pathway Guidance by NHS England recommends using clinical risk scores to assess all children with suspected appendicitis. Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

1 The practice guidelines were written by a multi-disciplinary group of experts and went through an extensive peer review process. This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. There are at least 600 TBI-related hospitalizations and 175 TBI-related deaths per day.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

EMDocs

Episode 4 covered management of the agitated child in the pre-hospital environment. Over the past 50 years, mental health has shifted away from hospital-based to community-based care models. ED Best Practices Optimizing the Environment Separate area from main ED is possible that has less distractions, loud noises.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

After a short period of recovery in the hospital, she is discharged home in stable condition with follow-up with OBGYN. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. At this point, the patient is taken to the operating room for a diagnostic laparoscopy. Ultrasonography. O'Brien, E.

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

EB Medicine

It’s also important to elicit any psychiatric history, including prior hospitalizations. This model involves educating clinicians on best practices, identifying screening and assessment tools for engagement, treatment, and disposition. These patients typically do not require inpatient hospitalization.