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ACEP Now
JUNE 7, 2023
ED leaders worked to develop new physician documentation and coding guidelines that needed to be implemented at the beginning of 2023. The preliminary results of the 2022 Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance performance measures survey found a significant deterioration in patient processing due to inpatient boarding.
EMDocs
JULY 25, 2024
The nurse completes the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and documents that the patient’s recent thoughts of killing himself and his detailed plan makes him “High Risk” for suicide. There is no documented handoff to the on-coming emergency physician (EP) who assumes care. ” (See reference #1 below.)
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EMDocs
JULY 9, 2024
The emergency department takes care of some of the highest risk patients with the worst access to health care and social services Over the past 20 years, many researchers have created and validated social needs screeners Some examples: iHELP, WE CARE, SEEK, USDA 2-item food insecurity questionnaire Does screening make a difference?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 20, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 30s with history of hypertension, tobacco use, and obesity presented to the Emergency Department for acute chest pain which started approximately 3 hours prior to arrival, in the setting of a very stressful situation. de Winter et al in N Engl J Med 359:2071-2073, 2008.
PHEM Cast
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2006: 1:4. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years.
EB Medicine
MAY 3, 2019
This month, we’re moving into uncharted territories for the podcast… we’re talking psychiatry Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be discussing Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the emergency department. Routine serum testing and urine toxicology testing are not recommended for psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department.
EB Medicine
JULY 8, 2019
This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. From the 80’s to 2008, the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled! I hope everybody enjoyed a fantastic conference. million adults!!
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