EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 23, 2023

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ Cunningham T.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Last month’s article focused on ACEP’s efforts and resources to support EDs and patients with psychiatric emergencies. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment. Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of the Adult Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

7-year-old Tilly is brought to your emergency department at 11 p.m. Abdominal pain in children is common, accounting for over 1 in 20 attendances to paediatric emergency departments [1]. Clinical scoring tools have improved diagnostic performance in assessing suspected appendicitis in the emergency department.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

The campaign started in the United States in 2012, in Canada two years later, and in the United Kingdom in 2016. Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Emergency Medicine Journal 2020; 37: 851-85 Malhotra A, Maughan D, Ansell J, et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

For example, a very anxious caregiver can easily transmit his or her anxiety to the child, which may either inhibit or amplify presentation of symptoms ( Bearden 2012 ). Intranasal ketamine for analgesia in the emergency department: a prospective observational series. Acad Emerg Med. Pediatr Emerg Care. Liebelt EL.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. 2012 Jun 11;172(11):847–52. Karageorgos, S.; Hibberd, O.; Mullally, P.J.W.;

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