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Interhospital Transfer Capabilities Still Pose Major Issues

ACEP Now

Two years ago, an ACEP Now article covered the issue of transfer challenges resulting from early pandemic operations. 1 As fresh challenges of the pandemic and hospital operations changed emergency medicine practice, one of the more challenging areas was the movement of admitted patients out of the first emergency department (ED).

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Animal Bites

Mind The Bleep

Document clearly: The location of all wounds Medical photography or drawn labelled diagrams can aid in explaining the exact location. Feel for any swelling/collection/abscess. Move: Assess the range of motion of the surrounding joints to help determine the involvement of adjacent structures. Assess active and passive movement of the joint.

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Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

RebelEM

Pompili 2010) However, >65% of patients who endorse suicidal ideation when intoxicated no longer endorse suicidal ideation once sober. Document at each reassessment and always have a low threshold to add on a CTH or labs if the patient is not progressing appropriately. As always, document clinical sobriety before discharge.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member? ACEP has a voice for all, but its reach is limited by resources.

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Early Modern Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Review of the Wellcome Library movies on YouTube (1945) [ links below in references ] is instructive as to resuscitative methods of the 1930s and 1940s: Manual methods; gas bag or bellows operated by hand or machine; an anesthesia gas machine; or iron lung. Evaluation: Manually Operated Resuscitators (1971) Emergency Care Research Institute.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. EMS in America: The Foundation Documents. We applied to "The Golden Hour" the attitudes and abilities that led to a man on the moon.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Additionally, back in 2010, it was estimated that 6.6% Nachi: Unfortunately this procedure is associated with a relatively high re-operation rate – one study found 20% of patients required removal or revision. Jeff: Even more shockingly, some series showed a 52% repeat operation rate. That’s almost half of the population.