EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Certified interpreter use can improve communication and patient outcomes. Improving patient safety systems for patients with limited English proficiency: a guide for hospitals. Hospital and health system-level interventions to improve care for limited English proficiency patients: a systematic review.

Documentation/Coding 104

Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Federal Emergency Management Agency Best Practices 104

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

ENRICH Trial - the leadership journey - EMS grand rounds - r4 capstone - r1 clinical knowledge - pediatric lecture ENRICH Trial WITH visiting professor Dr. david wright ICH makes up only 10-15% of all strokes yet has a higher mortality than ischemic strokes and SAH Current 2022 AHA/ASA guidelines for spontaneous ICH (prior to ENRICH Trial) minimally-invasive (..)

Leadership 94

Leadership EMS Pediatrics Stroke 94

EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Background and Context Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) is of paramount importance in the emergency department (ED) due to its indispensable role in facilitating precise diagnostic outcomes. Published online 2016. 3 A study of CT use trends in the ED has shown increasing use of CTs by almost 60% from 2005 to 2013.

Radiology 99

Radiology Radiology Emergency Department Hospitals 99

Taming the SRU

MAY 5, 2023

Respiratory failure and more severe acute kidney injury were demonstrated to be more common in patients who received higher volumes of intravenous fluid (Andrews, Muchemwa et al. 2016, Andrews, Semler et al. for patients with ESRD in the restrictive group (95% CI; -41.9 2014, Hjortrup, Haase et al. versus 59.2%). versus 14.9%

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Administration Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Still, there are those that believe that FPS is more of a physician-centered endpoint that does not fully reflect important patient-centric outcomes (16). This has been shown to increase the first pass success rate in these challenging scenarios, reducing the risk of complications and optimizing patient safety (23).

Emergency Department 92

Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Airway Management Operations 92

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Another study found a 1-year post Roux-en-y ED visit rate of 31% and yet another found that 25% of these patients will require admission within 2 years of surgery. While it was < 15% in 1990, by 2016 it reached 40%. with generally good clinical outcomes including improved quality of life and reducing or staving off comorbidities.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Dehydration 40