Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JUNE 16, 2015

This is not a feasible practice in the Emergency Department which must deal immediately with an undifferentiated patient. Ordinary hospital practice would be for admission orders to specify Isolation Cart, to ensure that the ward would have one delivered and restocked daily until no longer needed.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. Published 2015 Feb 2. Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. 1993;55(1-2):47-51. 2015;13:21. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(16):1609-1619.

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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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Case 1 focuses on a case seen in the emergency department and explores the common parental query of a “weak immune system” in a young child who has had several recurrent upper respirator tract infections back-to-back but is otherwise well. A 3 year old boy is brought to emergency department and treated for viral induced wheeze.

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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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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. They recommended synovial fluid analysis as essential to the diagnosis [30].

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Mind The Bleep

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Introduction Patients regularly present to the emergency department with animal bites. Pathophysiology and burden of infection in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease: focus on skin and soft-tissue infections. References Kennedy, S. E., & Lauder, A. link] Jakeman, M., Baguneid, M., Eckmann, C.,

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JANUARY 22, 2024

2015) highlighted that a poor understanding of statistics often results in a belief that screening is more beneficial than it actually is. Choosing Wisely in Paediatric Car e A trainee-led project in a UK tertiary paediatric emergency department looked at the usefulness of blood tests in 101 children. 2015 ;24(2):167-74.

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EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

2015, July 31). Infectious Diseases Society of America. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She notes increasing redness on her right arm with some associated pain and swelling. 2023, February 14).

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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. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Karageorgos, S.;

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Infections For stable patients, obtain microbiologic samples prior to antibiotics (per the American Academy of Orthopedic surgery and The Infectious Diseases Society of America). 9,23 Disposition: Dislocation : If successfully reduced in the emergency department may discharge with strict mobility restrictions and Orthopedic follow up.

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MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. Ann Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Louis); Marina Boushra (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 54-year-old female with a past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis presents to the emergency department (ED) with generalized fatigue. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2015 Nov. Epub 2015 Jul 29.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

You are working in the paediatric emergency department of a busy District General Hospital. These centres have a close relationship with their patients, but this does not mean they may not turn up at your emergency department! How does your differential diagnosis change? What about your diagnostic workup? 2011;50(1):1-24.

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