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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

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Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. Recent data published in Annals showed that between 2013 and 2019, the percentage of clinicians working in rural areas who were emergency physicians actually dropped slightly.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] Lancet 2019; Vol 394, Iss 10210, P 1713-1723[ Full Text ]. There were no differences found in the secondary outcomes.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. Estimated incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus and shunt outcome in patients residing in assisted-living and extended-care facilities. Prevalence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective, population-based study.

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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

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Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia closed in 2019, a year and a half after it was acquired along with St. Published September 5, 2019. Accessed August 25, 2024. Accessed August 25, 2024. Published July 22, 2019. Accessed August 25, 2024. J Hosp Med. 2020;15(5):318-320. Published November 15, 2023.

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ED Boarding

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nursing schools turned away 80,407 qualified applicants in 2019 due to a lack of faculty, education space, and resources.9 ED crowding and boarding are causing patient experiences and outcomes to worsen. Accessed July 13, 2023. The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes. ACEP website.