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SGEM#253: Everybody’s Working on the Weekend

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: April 17th, 2019 Reference: Little et al. Injury 2019 Guest Skeptic: Alison Armstrong is a Certified Emergency Nurse, Trauma Program Coordinator and TNCC Course Director. This was a special episode of the SGEM done live at the Talk Trauma 2019 Conference help in London, Ontario.

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The Emergency Department Admitting Team: A Crisis Response to an Unprecedented Surge of Critically Ill Patients During COVID-19

EM Updates

Emergency nursing, technician, and clerical staffing was unchanged compared to usual staffing for the zone, with far higher patient:nurse ratios than allowable in a proper ICU, as all other critical care resources were engaged on the units and were not available to assist in the direct care of these patients. N Engl J Med.