EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

have limited English proficiency according to the 2015 U.S. 12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Lion KC, et al.

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EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emergency department takes care of some of the highest risk patients with the worst access to health care and social services Over the past 20 years, many researchers have created and validated social needs screeners Some examples: iHELP, WE CARE, SEEK, USDA 2-item food insecurity questionnaire Does screening make a difference?

Pediatrics 71

Pediatrics Emergency Department Research Burns 71

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 19, 2024

Sione, a young Pacific Islander boy, is brought to the emergency department with a 3-day history of acute onset, progressively worsening central chest pain. of child emergency department presentations. 2015 Apr;34(4):e92-e101. 2015 Sep;35(6):634-9. He points to his sternum when you ask him where the pain is.

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Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Emergency Department Hospitals 101

EMDocs

JUNE 15, 2024

Source Shifts in Diagnostic Testing for Headache in the Emergency Department, 2015 to 2021. The post Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e247373. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.7373. PMID: 38639937; PMCID: PMC11031686.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 8, 2017

A Prospective Randomized, Double-Dummy Trial Comparing Intravenous Push Dose of Low Dose Ketamine to Short Infusion of Low Dose Ketamine for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Pain in the Emergency Department. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim Rezaie is a faculty physician at Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians (GSEP) in San Antonio, Texas.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Britnell 2015] Broselow tape performed better than APLS method in Chinese children. Khouli 2015] In South Sudan, the Broselow system overestimated weight by 26.6% The PAWPER tape as a tool for rapid weight assessment in a Paediatric Emergency Department: Validation study and comparison with parents’ estimation and Broselow tape.

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Pediatrics Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Wellness 268

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Date: October 20, 2023 Reference: Cai et al.

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Emergency Department Radiology Radiology Hospitals 106

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 13, 2024

He is an assistant professor in Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Case: A 70-year-old woman was brought into the emergency department by EMS after her family reported she was having trouble talking. hours from onset of symptoms.

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Stroke Documentation/Coding Emergency Department EMS 115

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. 2015 May 19;12(5):e1001825. 2015 Feb;20(2):55–60. Karageorgos, S.;

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Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis 142

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine. His twitter handle is @PainFreeED.

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Emergency Department Research 89

RebelEM

APRIL 29, 2024

In these situations, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) of 2015 recommend the intraosseous (IO) route after the peripheral route and before the central venous route ( 1). World J Emerg Surg 2023 PMID: 36918947 3. Int J Emerg Med 2009 PMID: 20157465 4. Ong MEH, Chan YH, Oh JJ, et al.

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Resuscitation Administration Emergency Department Hospitals 102

Taming the SRU

JULY 2, 2023

End-Tidal CO2 monitoring has a variety of uses in the Emergency Department. Capnography in the emergency department: a review of uses, waveforms, and limitations." The Journal of emergency medicine 53.6 Pediatric emergency care 12.4 Circulation 132.18_suppl_2 (2015): S315-S367. 2017): 829-842.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics CPR Administration 81

Broome Docs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Association of Chest Pain Protocol-Discordant Discharge With Outcomes Among Emergency Department Patients With Modest Elevations of High-Sensitivity Troponin. 2015 Apr;72(4):668-73. Epub 2015 Jan 23. Outcomes of patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department with abnormal vital signs.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 30, 2023

Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63. Other pathogens include: E.

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Infectious Diseases Fractures Radiology Radiology 77

Mind The Bleep

AUGUST 18, 2024

TMJ dislocation TMJ dislocation is a common presentation to Emergency Departments. If there is no improvement in 6-8 weeks in primary care, an unclear diagnosis, severe dysfunction, a history of trauma, markedly reduced mouth opening, locking of the jaw or recurrent dislocations the patient should be referred to OMFS. Goodson, A.M.,

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Dislocations Emergency Department 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Methods Emergency Department (ED) attenders and hospital inpatients between 2015 and 2019 were automatically screened for their risk of hospitalisation within 6 months of discharge using a locally trained CPM on routine data. However, it is unclear how this care model would negatively impact survival.

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Emergency Department Hospitals Outcomes 52

Mind The Bleep

AUGUST 18, 2024

Problems with salivary glands are often seen at GPs and in emergency departments. It is important to be able to differentiate between different causes of facial pain and swelling. Anatomy There are 6 main salivary glands (3 pairs); parotid, submandibular and sublingual. These patients should be referred to the appropriate specialty.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

1 The emergency department remains an important frontier for work in judicious prescribing, but opiate analgesia remains a valuable tool for the initial treatment of a variety of presentations. The treatment response for any six-week program is of limited relevance to the acute treatment provided in the emergency department.

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Emergency Department Outcomes CDC Research 52

Mind The Bleep

APRIL 26, 2024

For all patients who come into the emergency department with a swelling, it is helpful to know if they have seen their GP or dentist recently and if they have had any treatment or recent courses of antibiotics. 2015) ‘Emergency Department’, in On-call in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

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Emergency Department Fluid Resuscitation Dehydration Resuscitation 52

ALiEM

APRIL 12, 2023

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education. Author information Ivan Ivanov, DO Resident Physician Emergency Department South Brooklyn Health | The post Trick of the Trade: Gel-free ultrasound-guided peripheral IV technique appeared first on ALiEM. Accessed April 5, 2023. Alerhand S, Singh M, editors.

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Ultrasounds Emergency Department Resuscitation Wellness 103

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 20, 2023

She is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team and faculty at Queen Mary University in London where she teaches part of the Paediatric Emergency Medicine MSc. However, we have not covered the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) in Children or THAPCA-OH published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2015.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Pediatrics CPR Hospitals 52

Taming the SRU

MAY 27, 2024

Shortness of breath is one of the most common complaints presenting to emergency departments. A less common but more emergent scenario is the presentation of a patient to the emergency department with a large pleural effusion causing hypoxia and respiratory distress. link] Accessed 21 May 2024. J Hosp Med.

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Emergency Department Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology 80

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A 49-year-old male presented to the emergency department of an academic hospital with the chief concern of penile pain. 2015 Jul;66(1):133-46. Epub 2015 May 7. link] Nigwekar SU, Kroshinsky D, Nazarian RM, Goverman J, Malhotra R, Jackson VA, Kamdar MM, Steele DJ, Thadhani RI. Am J Kidney Dis. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.01.034.

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EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with eye pain. However, it would be expected to emerge with reduced visual acuity or other visual disturbances such as diplopia. Overview of Eye Injuries in the Emergency Department.” Patients require follow up within 5-7 days for dilated eye exam. WikEM , Oct.

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EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

This month, after a few months of primarily medical topics, we’re talking trauma, specifically Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management. Nachi: The 2015 EAST guidelines conditionally recommend ED thoracotomy for moribund patients with signs of life. Ann Emerg Med. Prospective; 333 patients) 73.*

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Operations Fractures 40

RebelEM

MARCH 23, 2023

The 30-day emergency department readmission rate and all-cause 30-day readmission were significantly lower only when adjusted for propensity scores. of symptom-triggered phenobarbital versus symptom-triggered lorazepam in the emergency department (n=44). A randomized, blinded clinical trial (Hendey et al.)

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Emergency Department Outcomes Hospitals Burns 52

RebelEM

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Incidence of clinically important biphasic reactions in emergency department patients with allergic reactions or anaphylaxis. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014 Jun;63(6):736-44 Lee S, Bellolio F, Hess E, Erwin P, Murad M, Campbell R. 2015 May-Jun;3(3):408-16 Ellis A, Day J. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives This project was supported by the RCEM Dragon’s Den event in 2014, the inaugural Young Investigator’s Award in 2015, and extensive input from college academics. It was funded by the NIHR RfPB.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Bagheri 2015 ). difficult to see due to corneal edema) Emergency Department Management All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation Start with eye drops (see table below) and add systemic medications if severe or refractory symptoms/IOP. Persistent vision loss defined as loss of vision >24 hours.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EMS Wellness 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine. His twitter handle is @PainFreeED.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Research Wellness 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 8, 2024

Dr Bourke’s work is not only about deepening academic understanding but also about forging practical approaches to help healthcare professionals navigate the nuanced and often uncertain waters of adolescent care in emergency settings. Recent studies have indicated a significant rise in mental health disorders among young people.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. Nachi: Recent estimates from 2015-2016 put the prevalence of obesity of those 2 years old to 19 years old at about 19%. First up, the kids.

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Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Dehydration 40

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A notable achievement was ESEM’s co-organization of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine Trauma Update Symposium in 2015. These initiatives aim to equip physicians with an evidence-based approach and effective management strategies for common emergency-department scenarios.

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Leadership Emergency Department Ultrasounds CPR 52

RebelEM

MARCH 8, 2023

Bagheri 2015 ). Emergency Department Management: Emergency ophthalmology consultation. Emergency surgical management indicated if concomitant retinal tear, vitreous hemorrhage, or retinal detachment. Transient vision loss defined as vision loss <24 hours. Causes: There are multitude of causes of vision loss.

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Stroke Emergency Department Ultrasounds Outcomes 52

PEMBlog

MAY 15, 2023

History and physical examination are critical components to any emergency department evaluation but are especially helpful in syncope patients. Discussing obtaining an ECG with patients and families Presentations to the emergency department for syncope can be stressful for families. 6% of pediatric syncope.

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Pediatrics EKG/ECG Emergency Department Burns 97

RebelEM

JUNE 5, 2023

One study from a county in Massachusetts found that of all nonfatal opioid doses seen in the emergency department from 2011-2015, 1 in 20 patients subsequently died within one year of initial visit with 66% of these deaths being directly related to an opioid overdose (4). Ann Emerg Med. PMID 33392580. PMID 33392580.

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