EMDocs

JULY 25, 2024

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. A Patient Contemplates Suicide: Protect the Patient and Yourself. Medscape, January 08, 2019. EP Monthly, Apr 4, 2019. To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here.

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Documentation/Coding Hospitals Patient Safety Emergency Department 105

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

The quality of patient care can be determined by the working relationship, and incivility negatively affects these professional partnerships, regardless of the craft group. An effective interprofessional partnership is pivotal to patient safety. Internet] 2019:23:3, 346-355, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1502383 Cataldo CG.

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Leadership Patient Safety Academics Research 98

ALiEM

APRIL 12, 2024

Pigtail Catheter Insertion Error: Root Cause Analysis and Recommendations for Patient Safety. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2019(10), CD002312. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2018;10(10):5964-5967. doi: [link] Broder JS, Al-Jarani B, Lanan B, Brooks K. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;53(3). Br J Radiol.

Patient Safety 73

Patient Safety Emergency Department 73

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 22, 2019

Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. You have ambulances ramping and patients queuing at triage. Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. Case: The emergency department is backing up.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Dislocations Documentation/Coding Research 52

EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

6,9 Patient Safety Considerations Few studies have evaluated the impact of the contrast shortage on patient care or patient-centered outcomes due to deferment of imaging or changing protocols leading to delayed or missed diagnosis. Published online 2019. 2005;237(1):189-196. doi:10.1148/radiol.2371041432

Radiology 101

Radiology Radiology Emergency Department Hospitals 101

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A 2019 literature review summarized seven studies describing the creation and implementation of BERT teams. Our group from Highland Hospital has set out to understand the impact on workplace violence and patient safety of initiating a BERT in a busy, county hospital ED. 2019;(6):297-302. J Nurs Admin. J Emerg Nurs.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Psychiatric Best Practices 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

According to the 2019 Indices of Multiple Deprivation, Leicester ranks as the 32nd most deprived of 317 local authority districts and is significantly more deprived than its surrounding areas. In our study, 56% of patients came from the most deprived half of the population, while 44% were from the least deprived half. Emerg Med J.

Emergency Department 89

Emergency Department Research Pediatrics Hospitals 89

Taming the SRU

MAY 5, 2023

Recent meta-analyses and systematic reviews evaluating mortality in patients with septic shock reported mortality as high as 35% and 38% at 30 and 90 days, respectively (Vincent, Jones et al. 2019, Bauer, Gerlach et al. 2019, Evans, Rhodes et al. Aldana (2019). 2018, Kuttab, Lykins et al. 2021, Im, Kang et al. Bauer, M.,

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Administration Resuscitation 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. 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.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department EMS Critical Access Hospitals 98

ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

Data from the National Institutes of Health suggests that up to three percent of ED visits result in a weapon being confiscated, and there has been an increase of 20 percent of firearm deaths since 2019. 2 But this was not a patient, it was a colleague! Why were there no safety measures in place to prevent this from happening?

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Resuscitation Patient Safety Hospitals 52

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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). Case Resolution: The patient was placed on NIPPV. The patient was placed in a semi-fowler’s position and given 0.4mg/kg of midazolam. 2019, 64:617-28.

Emergency Department 93

Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Airway Management Operations 93

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

I’m Jeff Nusbaum and I’m back with Nachi Gupta for the 30 th episode of EMplify and the first Post-Ponte Vedra Episode of 2019. This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. Metabolism.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Dehydration 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 14, 2019

Date: April 11th, 2019 Reference: Brucker et al. Assessing Risk of Future Suicidality in Emergency Department Patients. AEM April 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com WARNING: This SGEM episode discusses suicide.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Psychiatric Patient Safety Outcomes 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 15, 2023

And although we have discussed the importance of sending a hypoglycaemia screen before correcting the hypoglycaemia – remember patient safety is the priority. DO NOT delay correcting the hypoglycaemia if blood is difficult to obtain or the patient is obtunded. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell; 2019. Hypoglycaemia.

Wellness 103

Wellness Seizures Hospitals Dehydration 103

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

nursing schools turned away 80,407 qualified applicants in 2019 due to a lack of faculty, education space, and resources.9 Such funding would create an imperative for hospitals to focus on ED boarding with additional dedicated human resources at a time when hospital budgets are strained.

Military 98

Military Emergency Department Hospitals Leadership 98

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Background The WHO recognises patient safety as a serious public health problem. We compared the culture of safety in the adult AED and PED before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey provides scores for 12 separate domains and a global assessment of safety (scale 0–10). points (p<0.001) after COVID-19.

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Emergency Department Patient Safety Teamwork Research 93

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 14, 2025

Providers also develop effective communication techniques to ensure patients understand their medications. By mastering these skills, they enhance patient safety, reduce adverse drug events, and improve overall care quality. By mastering medication reconciliation, providers enhance patient safety and ensure continuity of care.

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Patient Safety Best Practices Hospitals Outcomes 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 4, 2024

It also evaluates the real-life impact of the RCR protocols on clinical practice, with a focus on improving patient safety. Epub 2019 Feb 21. Tissues in the thorax (thyroid and breast tissue) can be particularly sensitive to radiation, with the risk of cance r increasing to as much as 1:500 for those exposed.

Burns 129

Burns Academics Hospitals Outcomes 129

Sensible Medicine

MARCH 21, 2024

Within the microcosm of medicine, reverberating themes of burnout, exploitation, suicide, and patient safety can quickly raise the temperature past the boiling point. A Cautionary Tale to Inform our Future Identity Hahnemann hospital closed in 2019 leaving more than 550 residents and fellows without a home.

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Hospitals Patient Safety Academics Ultrasounds 117