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

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have limited English proficiency according to the 2015 U.S. Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. There are several tools that help us identify our implicit biases and bring cultural humility into our daily practice. Language accommodation: best practices for working with interpreters.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

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Prolonged emergency department length of stay for US pediatric mental health visits (2005-2015). Parent/Professional Advocacy League: Best Practices: Pediatric Emergency Department Psychiatric Boarding Kraft CM, Morea P, Teresi B, et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(2):168–176. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4885 Pediatrics.

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Acute behavioural disturbance

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Best Practice Guideline. This handbook from a UK NHS Trust outlines some key principles from their conflict resolution training. Further reading JRCALC Clinical Guideline: Acute Behavioural Disturbance. Violence and aggression: short term management in mental health, health and community settings.

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Choosing wisely – less can be more

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. 2015) highlighted that a poor understanding of statistics often results in a belief that screening is more beneficial than it actually is. 2015 ;24(2):167-74. What is the aim of choosing Wisely?

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

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In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel. Major resuscitation organizations worldwide meet in this forum to share knowledge and best practices. It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. 2015 Jun;33(6):743-8. Epub 2015 Feb 21. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov;49:226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.071. 2021.05.071. Epub 2021 Jun 9. PMID: 34146921. 6 – Emma Kirk, Tom Bourne. Pages 501-508, ISSN 1521-6934. Am J Emerg Med.

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Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients

ACEP Now

The 2015 Edition Cures Act sought to promote “transparency, modern standards, and enhanced health IT capabilities by fostering innovation in the health care technology ecosystem to deliver better information to patients, clinicians, and other users.” These practices will reduce inequities in the current landscape of EHI sharing.