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Red Leg in the Heartland of America: A Rural Physician’s Approach to the Patient with a Potential DVT

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Johnson, MD ( Community EM, Salina Regional Health Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, EM-CCM); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 40-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling for the past 5 days.

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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

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Additionally, small-bore catheter placement is performed via the Seldinger technique;’ a skill possessed by all Emergency Physicians (Bauman 2018). 153,5 (2018): 1201-1212. Pigtail catheters are placed via guidewire with seldinger technique which is strikingly similar to central venous access and may increase procedural competency.

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ED Boarding

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In November 2018, CMS withdrew the measure. For example, EMS personnel, certified nursing assistants, and medical assistants could reduce the nursing work burden for tasks such as drawing blood, hanging simple fluids, placing IVs, and other tasks. Accessed July 13, 2023. NQF re-endorsed the measure in 2014. CMS website.