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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

While ACEP was doing what EPs do best, identifying and caring for the most emergent member needs, ACEP wasn’t doing what the one quarter of U.S. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. However, unlike 80 percent of U.S.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Patey’s Disclaimer: I am not an expert on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), Influenza/HINI/Coronavirus, Journal Reviews or Emergency Department management of pandemics. Background: Many hospitals had their health care workers fitted with N95 masks in response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 2: Non-Pharmacologic Management

EMDocs

and don PPE (ie gloves, gowns and face-masks, Kevlar sleeves) Calmly explain to the patient that restraints are being applied to ensure the safety of the patient and others. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;27(4):655-67, ix. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;27(4):655-67, ix. Emerg Med Australas.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Jeff: In fact, a meta-analysis on vaccine effectiveness from 2004-2015 found that the pooled effectiveness against influenza B was 54%, against the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 was 61%, and against the H3N2 virus was 33%. J: So that wraps up episode 23 - Influenza: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department.