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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

ACEP Now

And the Board approved a new clinical policy, “Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the ED with Seizures,” rescinding the 2014 clinical policy with same title.

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Employ a Trauma-Informed Approach to Care

ACEP Now

A 28-year-old female is brought to the emergency department (ED) by police after a sexual assault. The police officer is waiting for the sexual assault evidence kit. Published July 2014. She is visibly anxious and tearful. What is the trauma-informed approach to care for this patient? Accessed November 3, 2024.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa. 87 The majority of the injuries seen in the ED are associated with violent conflicts.