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Its a battlefield! A thematic analysis of narratives shared in Cape Town emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Background The Emergency Department(ED) team need to make sense of an ever-changing dynamic environment. Methods Non-random purposive sampling was used to recruit doctors and nurses from EDs in five hospitals in Cape Town. Data collection took place over 8 weeks between June and August 2018.

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Rebaked Morsel: Pediatric Buckle and Greenstick Forearm Fractures

Pediatric EM Morsels

Trauma season is at hand and like all other pediatric emergency departments in the country, we find our ED breaking ( pun intended ) at the seams with orthopedic injuries. 2018;Volume 00(00):DOI:10.1097/BPO.0000000000001169. Hospital versus home management of children with buckle fractures of the distal radius.

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Emergency Department Evaluation of Cholestatic Labs

EMDocs

Darnall Army Medical Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, (@long_brit) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, DoD, or the US Government.

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ED Volumes Keep Climbing as Patients Demand Acute, Unscheduled Care

ACEP Now

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates of emergency department (ED) visits for 2022 were recently released. ED visit estimates and utilization rates for 2018 to 2022 are shown in Figure 1. The ED is clearly perceived as serving the needs of patients and as the front door to the hospital.

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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

ACEP Now

A young woman, 13 days post-tonsillectomy, comes into your rural emergency department (ED) coughing up blood. Dr. Helman is an emergency physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto. Published August 6, 2018. and youre three hours from the nearest tertiary care center. Paediatr Anaesth. 2010;20(11):982-986.

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SGEM#430: De Do Do Do, De Dash, Dash DAShED – Diagnosing Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED.

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023. per 100,000. [4-8]

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Jun;128(6):1612-1620. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex.