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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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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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Grand Rounds Recap 10.23.24

Taming the SRU

Debrief codes and odd encounters for yourself, your team, and your hospital system. R4 Capstone with dr. wright Rural America is facing a worsening crisis in healthcare, including emergency care, with 140 rural hospitals closing since 2010 - and 700 more at risk of following suit.

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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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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

RebelEM

First ED-based study to evaluate how operational effects such as crowding can affect patient care in the form of LPV Included ARDS criteria relating to the usage of LPV in the ED allowing evaluation as to whether patients with ARDS were more likely to receive LPV settings. 2011 Feb 15; Epub 2010 Aug 27. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.

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Proper Preparation for Mass Casualty Incidents

Northwestern EM Blog

This post will discuss a brief overview of hospital planning and operational setup with key elements of a disaster response from events that cause high numbers of blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burns or crush injuries that may be seen following explosive events, mass shootings, or large scale motor vehicle collisions, to name a few.

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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.