2012, Emergency Department and Research

Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben. Burgart, A.M.

Airway Management

Airway Management Emergency Department Resuscitation Psychiatric

The Pause- a recognition of a life

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.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Best Practices

Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. 20,21 Advocating for policy changes improving language access in your department and institution.

Documentation/Coding

Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Federal Emergency Management Agency Best Practices

Did Not Wait – DNW

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the UK, as in most developed countries, more patients are presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with minor illnesses or injuries. Emergency department overcrowding is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. A 2011-2012 Australian study by Blake et al. Simpson et al. Simpson et al.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Research Pediatrics Hospitals

Paediatric Appendicitis

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.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Ultrasounds Pediatrics Best Practices

EM Mindset: A Woman in the Emergency Department – by a Feminist

SheMD

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Yes, I am a woman, yes I am a feminist, yes I am a physician, yes I am in academic leadership for a well-known emergency department… The yes’s are many, but what do I have to say that is so meaningful or useful that people would want to publish it? Sitting down to write this, I cursed myself for volunteering in the first place.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department EMS Leadership Academics

The 85th Bubble Wrap Bristol Royal Children’s ED Journal Club x DFTB

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Exploring communication preferences and risk thresholds of clinicians and parents of febrile infants under 90 days presenting to the emergency department: a qualitative study. In the project’s second phase, research leads were asked to submit the written discharge material routinely provided on discharge in their institution.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Outcomes Research Operations

Medical Malpractice Insights: The challenge of suicide evaluation in the ED

EMDocs

JULY 25, 2024

Literature-based Recommendations for Suicide Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Review. Oct 04, 2012. Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., The post Medical Malpractice Insights: The challenge of suicide evaluation in the ED appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Posner et al.

Documentation/Coding

Documentation/Coding Hospitals Patient Safety Emergency Department

SGEM Xtra: This is My Life – Centralization of Rural Emergency Healthcare

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 8, 2023

John Brown PhD is a Professor of Health Services Research in Ireland who has been studying rural healthcare issues since 2012. There have been many “temporary” rural emergency department closures during the past last year. It was a stepped-wedge reconfiguration of the entire Danish emergency healthcare system.

Stroke

Stroke Emergency Department COPD Academics

Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

APRIL 10, 2016

And from our buddies at HEFT EM CAST: [link] A bit more detail covering some of the research in an easy to understand way. These tables are used when assessing the usefulness of a test (or it’s sensitivity and specificity), and, when researching how useful tests are we need the majority of patients to fall into the green boxes.

Sepsis

Sepsis Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation Emergency Department

The Weekly Cheese 2.0 - Is Droperidol (still) Deadly?

Cook County EM Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Effectiveness and safety of droperidol in a United States emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2019.09.007 What : Retrospective cohort study of all droperidol administrations between January 2012 and April 2018 at an academic and pediatric emergency department in the US with 77,000 annual visits.

Administration

Administration EKG/ECG Emergency Department EMS

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Case of Painful Skin Lesions

ALiEM

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A 50-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency department with a complaint of painful sores on the top of her left foot. 2012 Jul;16(4):614-20. Available from: [link] PMID:29083569. Indian J Endocrinol Metab.

Academics

Academics Emergency Department Wellness Research

SGEM#311: Here We Go Loop De Loop to Treat Abscesses

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 12, 2020

AEM December 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen (@KirstyChallen) is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Research Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (North West England). Case: A 52-year-old previously healthy woman presents to your emergency department (ED) with an abscess on her left forearm.

Operations

Operations Outcomes Research Academics

Incivility in Critical Care: adding insult to the injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

Explored in seminal research, incivility is described as “ behaviours or mistreatment which violate the workplace norms of mutual respect “ Incivility isn’t just about obvious aggression but can take the form of passive aggression, public beratement, intimidation or habitual interruption. Should I do it?” from one of the team.

Leadership

Leadership Patient Safety Academics Research

The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since January 2024, measles cases in the UK have surged, reaching 2,563 reported casesthe highest level since 2012. Following a 2012 outbreak, an emergency maternal pertussis vaccination programme was introduced in the UK, offering the vaccine to women in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Documentation/Coding Pediatrics CDC

SGEM#303: Two Can Make It – Less likely to have another stroke but more likely to have a bleed (THALES Trial)

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Date: October 2nd, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Barbra Backus is an emergency physician at the Emergency Department of the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She is the creator of the HEART Score and an enthusiastic researcher. She is the creator of the HEART Score and an enthusiastic researcher.

Stroke

Stroke Emergency Department Research Wellness

Prediction explainer: what should clinicians consider when considering a new clinical prediction model?

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here are the Authors’ Bios: Adrian Barnett is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 29 years in health and medical research. His current research concerns improving statistical practice to reduce research waste. Nicole White is a statistician and Senior Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology.

Research

Research Hospitals Academics Emergency Department

Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

MARCH 14, 2023

Case 1 Fussy 1 month old A 1-month-old (ex-34 week premature) infant comes to your emergency department for fussiness. VP Shunt - Courtesy of Cancer Research UK via wikimedia - CC-4.0 - [link] Case courtesy of Paul Simkin, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 30453 Case courtesy of Dr Ruslan Asadov, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8401.

Seizures

Seizures Emergency Department Pediatrics Critical Access

Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. 8, 2012 12:12 a.m. New CPRC Report: Errors in Bloomberg’s latest report on Mass Shootings October 2, 2014 Crime Prevention Research Center Lott, John R., Mosely, Maj USA MC FS 20 Jun 05 Treatment Reviews Bruner, D.,

Military

Military Forensics Documentation/Coding Emergency Nursing

Diagnostics: Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 7, 2024

epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy VTE is not only important to understand because it is the number one cause of mortality for pregnant patients, but also because it is common and will show up in your Emergency Department likely frequently throughout your career. Epub 2012 Oct 12. Haematologica. 2012.072009.

Ultrasounds

Ultrasounds CDC Research Stroke

Bronchiolitis

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Discharged on supplemental oxygen from an emergency department in patients with bronchiolitis. 2012 Mar;129(3):e605-10. Management of bronchiolitis in the emergency department: impact of evidence-based guidelines? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Sep;28(9):895-7. Epub 2012 Dec 21. Pediatrics.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Emergency Department Hospitals Wellness

Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

used BNP in the emergency department to differentiate heart failure from respiratory causes in infants and children with heart failure and those with no past medical history. 2012; 33:1040–1045. ACCF 2012 Expert Consensus Document on Practical Clinical Considerations in the Interpretation of Troponin Elevations.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Sepsis Shock Outcomes

Severe Asthma Management in the ED

EM Guide Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Nebulized Mg sulfate treatment shows no significant effect on respiratory function or hospital admission High-Dose Magnesium Sulfate Infusion for Severe Asthma in the Emergency Department Efficacy Study All patients of 6–16 years old who failed to improve after 2 hours of standard therapy for asthma. doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20150065

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Anaphylaxis Emergency Department Administration

Prediction explainer: what should clinicians consider when considering a new clinical prediction model?

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here are the Authors’ Bios: Adrian Barnett is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 29 years in health and medical research. His current research concerns improving statistical practice to reduce research waste. Nicole White is a statistician and Senior Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology.

Research

Research Hospitals Academics Emergency Department

Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

It was inspired by a hot-off-the-presses publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) focused on clinical decision rules for cervical spine imaging in children. 2012 Jan 13;61(RR-1):1-20. Ann Emerg Med. Cervical Spine Injuries are fortunately rare in children. Harding, M., Leonard, J.

Fractures

Fractures Pediatrics Radiology Radiology

Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Prioritise listening to the first 30 minutes which given a good overview of aetiology and treatment (53 mins) Basics of cardiac rhythm problems in the ED Palpitations are a common reason for children to present to the emergency department, the majority of these will be benign from a cardiac perspective and instead related to stress or anxiety.

EKG/ECG

EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding

ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Some studies have found that VBGs and ABGs do correlate well in trauma patients but are not clinically equivalent; these studies still call for obtaining routine ABGs in patients with major traumatic injuries until more research has been done comparing ABGs and VBGs in the setting of severe traumatic injury (17-19). Int J Emerg Med.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Resuscitation COPD Shock

EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

9,23 Disposition: Dislocation : If successfully reduced in the emergency department may discharge with strict mobility restrictions and Orthopedic follow up. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006 Feb-. 2012 Sep;3(3):107-20. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Hospitals, 2018.

EMS

EMS Dislocations Fractures Operations

Looking At the First 10 Years of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 30, 2023

28, 2012, the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM) was established by a group of emergency physicians who recognized the necessity for a unified body dedicated to the advancement of emergency medicine practice and research. The UAE government’s support took the country to another level and on Aug.

Leadership

Leadership Emergency Department Ultrasounds CPR

SGEM#297: tPA Advocates Be Like – Never Gonna Give You Up

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 4, 2020

Date: June 30th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Professor Daniel Fatovich is an emergency physician and clinical researcher based at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. Date: June 30th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Professor Daniel Fatovich is an emergency physician and clinical researcher based at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.

Stroke

Stroke Research Hospitals Emergency Department

Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Resuscitator : Wikipedia general article Emergency Care Research Institute [ECRI] Gas-Powered Resuscitators Hazard [Health Devices Nov 1988;17(11):352-4] **Good review of concerns re Demand Valves, then and now. Preoxygenation, reoxygenation, and delayed sequence intubation in the emergency department. Weingart, S.

Resuscitation

Resuscitation CPR Documentation/Coding Military

Pediatric Pain

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 ). Researchers are currently working to offer an evidence base to this anecdotal practice. Acad Emerg Med. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Jul;37(6):680-6.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department

Mastering Minor Care: Orbital Infections

Taming the SRU

JULY 21, 2023

Eye Pathology Now let’s dive back into some common eye disease processes you may see on a typical day in the emergency department. licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Knowing these spaces can be helpful when differentiating peri-orbital vs orbital cellulitis. English: A Swollen, Pus-Filled Eye with Conjunctivitis.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department EMS Burns Wellness

EM@3AM: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

It was first described in Japan in 1991, where researchers noted a balloon shape to the left atrium resembling a trap used to catch octopuses in Japan. 2012 Aug;164(2):215-21. The post EM@3AM: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Vital signs show T of 99.0°F Am Heart J.

EMS

EMS Fluid Resuscitation Shock EKG/ECG

Twisting and Turning - Ankle Injuries in the ED

Taming the SRU

MAY 22, 2023

Most frequent reasons for emergency department visits, 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2012 Nov; 470(11):3270-3274. Musculoskeletal health literacy in patients with foot and ankle injuries: A cross-sectional survey of comprehension. Foot & Ankle Specialist. 9(1):31-36. Statistical brief #286.

Fractures

Fractures Dislocations Operations Radiology

IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Data on the benefits of IV fluids for renal colic patients has been limited to two small studies and a Cochrane meta-analysis from 2012 46 examining those two studies. Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure? Orthostatic vital signs in emergency department patients.

Dehydration

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation

Clinical Conundrum: Should Acute Asthma Exacerbations Be Discharged From the ED With Combination Beta Agonist/Corticosteroid Inhalers?

RebelEM

JANUARY 15, 2025

also showed statistically significant quantitative improvements in SaO2, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), and a reduction in respiratory rates in patients post-treatment ( Chew 2012 ). Bottom Line: Current research suggests we should replace prescriptions for a SABA inhaler (i.e. Int J Emerg Med. Published 2012 Apr 13.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Administration Hospitals EMS

Venous Congestion in Pediatric Critical Care

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

1] Fred is a 3-year-old boy who presents to the emergency department. These differences underscore the need for further research to clarify the role of venous congestion in pediatric critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 2012. Eur J Pediatr, 2016. 175 (1): p. Arikan, A.A., Selewski, D.T.,

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Shock Resuscitation

The 77th Bubble Wrap x Chelsea and Westminster Paediatric ED

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 4, 2024

We have teamed up with the team from Chelsea and Westminster Paediatric Emergency Department to give you 5 reviews of recent studies. This retrospective, observational study used data from the UK Trauma Audit & Research Network (TARN) between 2012 and 2021. in 2012 to 5.3% in 2021 across all age groups.

Burns

Burns Academics Hospitals Outcomes

When Doctors and Incivility Collide

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Stressful situations and busy departments breed uncivil words, gestures, and actions; if not addressed, there can be devastating consequences. The research that does exist shows that doctors experience incivility regularly. focussed on emergency departments. Let’s look at Bradley et al. Klingberg et al. and Whitelaw B.

Seizures

Seizures Incident Reporting Research Emergency Department

Bubble Wrap PLUS – November 2023

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Trends in Anesthesia/Sedation for Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Encounters in Pediatric Emergency Departments, 2012-2022.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Hospitals Infectious Diseases Outcomes

Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

The Pause- a recognition of a life

Trending Sources

Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

Did Not Wait – DNW

Paediatric Appendicitis

EM Mindset: A Woman in the Emergency Department – by a Feminist

The 85th Bubble Wrap Bristol Royal Children’s ED Journal Club x DFTB

Medical Malpractice Insights: The challenge of suicide evaluation in the ED

SGEM Xtra: This is My Life – Centralization of Rural Emergency Healthcare

Episode 7: Sepsis

The Weekly Cheese 2.0 - Is Droperidol (still) Deadly?

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Case of Painful Skin Lesions

SGEM#311: Here We Go Loop De Loop to Treat Abscesses

Incivility in Critical Care: adding insult to the injuries

The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

SGEM#303: Two Can Make It – Less likely to have another stroke but more likely to have a bleed (THALES Trial)

Prediction explainer: what should clinicians consider when considering a new clinical prediction model?

Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Ballistic Follies

Diagnostics: Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy

Bronchiolitis

Big Labs, Little People

Severe Asthma Management in the ED

Prediction explainer: what should clinicians consider when considering a new clinical prediction model?

Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

Looking At the First 10 Years of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine

SGEM#297: tPA Advocates Be Like – Never Gonna Give You Up

Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Pediatric Pain

Mastering Minor Care: Orbital Infections

EM@3AM: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Twisting and Turning - Ankle Injuries in the ED

IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

Clinical Conundrum: Should Acute Asthma Exacerbations Be Discharged From the ED With Combination Beta Agonist/Corticosteroid Inhalers?

Venous Congestion in Pediatric Critical Care

The 77th Bubble Wrap x Chelsea and Westminster Paediatric ED

When Doctors and Incivility Collide

Bubble Wrap PLUS – November 2023

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