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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

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Advantages of Pigtail Catheter More recent trials found that patients with traumatic pneumothorax and hemothorax managed with PC compared to LBCT experienced less pain ( Kulvatunyou 2021, Kulvatunyou 2014).

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ED Boarding

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NQF re-endorsed the measure in 2014. Accessed July 13, 2023. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and maintained the measure. It was submitted in 2008 to the National Quality Forum (NQF), which convenes external groups to endorse measures. In November 2018, CMS withdrew the measure. CMS website.

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In rural Critical Access Hospitals, or austere conditions, you may be all that is available. May 24, 2014. She’s there because your hospital is under-resourced, has injury or illness not thought related to gravidity, is too “sick” to make it to OB Labor/Delivery, or you’re trying to get OR to open. Tue, Aug 25, 2015.