2012 Documentation/Coding Emergency Department 
EMDocs
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
ABG and VBG Correlation The correlation between venous and arterial blood gases is well-documented for standard differences (Table 1), and the data obtained from the VBG can be acted on as if it were an ABG (1, 3-6). Int J Emerg Med. The role of venous blood gas in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 9, 2023
However, actual increases in available services in emergency departments based on prior state-level requirements have been mixed. Physicians should document the interpreter’s name and identification number if available in the patient’s chart. 2012; 60(5): 545-553. Flores G, Abreu M, Barrone CP, et al. Annals of EM.
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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. Mental health evaluation teams can rely on documentation and interviews to understand a patient’s initial agitation level.
EMDocs
AUGUST 22, 2024
12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? 13 Interventions may include: Ascertaining a patient’s preferred language early in the clinical encounter (during registration, for instance), and clearly documenting this preference in a place that is visible to all providers.
ACEP Now
MARCH 13, 2024
Emergency departments (EDs) provide the essential service of evaluating patients with unscheduled, acute, undifferentiated, and decompensated conditions. Consequences of this are well documented and include delayed treatment, exposure to error, increased length of stay, and increased mortality. 2012): 2470-2478.
Pediatric EM Morsels
OCTOBER 27, 2023
James Broselow, a family medicine-turned-emergency medicine physician from Hickory, North Carolina , recognized that his team spent a lot of time trying to calculate doses of medications rather than spending their mental energy on the actual medical decisions for the resuscitation. Heyming 2012] How Do You Use The Broselow-Luten System/Tape?
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.’ & Liska, H.
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