EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. There are several tools that help us identify our implicit biases and bring cultural humility into our daily practice. Conducting research regarding best practices for improving health outcomes for NELP patients. A systematic review of the literature.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Although the mortality rate in patients with Coronavirus in this outbreak is less than 1% (which pales in comparison to Ebola or SARS), historically these types of outbreaks have occured every 5-6 years (SARS 2003, HINI 2009, Ebola 2014, Coronavirus 2020), so they are somewhat predictable and we should know how to prepare for them in our EDs.

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

ED Best Practices Optimizing the Environment Separate area from main ED is possible that has less distractions, loud noises. Pediatrics October 2020; 146 (4): e20201174. 2020-1174 AAP-AACAP-CHA Declaration of a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Jennifer A. 2020 Jun;145(6):e20191536.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 20, 2022

We had a debate on the issue of tPA for stroke published in CJEM 2020 as part of their debate series. Eddy is also the senior author on the CJEM article summarizing the Canadian Stroke Best Practice (CSBP) 2018 Guidelines. Eddy appeared on the SGEM Xtra episode called the Walk of Life discussing AIS.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Clinical scoring tools for appendicitis The recently published Best Practice Pathway Guidance by NHS England recommends using clinical risk scores to assess all children with suspected appendicitis. 2020 Apr;4(4):271-280. Remember to test for urine b-HCG in female patients. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. Doria, A.S.,

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SheMD

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Some of the interview information may not be relevant during the 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 academic years. Best Practices for Conducting Residency Program Interviews. Disclaimer: This post was written before the COVID-19 pandemic. This post contains affiliate links. Read , our disclosure for more info. Sources: 1.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The well-being of our patients, staff, and ourselves depends on finding tailored and effective solutions and dissemination of these best practices. Improving the management of acutely agitated patients in the emergency department through implementation of Project BETA (Best Practices in the Evaluation and Treatment of Agitation).

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Below are key considerations based on current best practices. 2020 Jun 5;15(1):141. When patients with DMD present in the Emergency Department (ED), an understanding of the nuanced aspects of their care is essential for optimal management. They are effective in delaying the loss of ambulation, although progression is inevitable.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Recommendations, Best Practices Once real-time information sharing is recognized as fundamentally good with limited exceptions, further efforts should maximize patient benefits. These practices will reduce inequities in the current landscape of EHI sharing. Published May 1, 2020. Published December 16, 2016.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. 2020 Apr;39(2):178-189. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov;49:226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.071. 2021.05.071. Epub 2021 Jun 9. PMID: 34146921. 6 – Emma Kirk, Tom Bourne. Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with ultrasound. Ultrasonography.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Improving the management of acutely agitated patients in the emergency department through implementation of Project BETA (Best Practices in the Evaluation and Treatment of Agitation). 2020 Jul 3;1(5):898-907. Roppolo LP, Morris DW, Khan F, Downs R, Metzger J, Carder T, Wong AH, Wilson MP. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines (2020) “What is the best way to make a diagnosis of ALCD? 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting. 2020 May 7;15(1):32. 2020 Jun;63(6):728-747. Ferzoco LB, Raptopoulos V, Silen W. N Engl J Med.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Taming the SRU , www.tamingthesru.com/clinical-practice-guidelines. Adverse reactions to transfusion of blood products and Best Practices for Prevention.” Accessed 8 Sept. Frazier, Susan K., Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America , vol. 271–290, [link] Garraud, O., Journal of Clinical Medicine , vol. 11, 2 June 2021, p.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Emergency Medicine Journal 2020; 37: 851-85 Malhotra A, Maughan D, Ansell J, et al. These interventions should be discussed carefully with patients before being carried out.

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Best practices advise not to routinely order an ESR to evaluate for inflammation in an undifferentiated patient and to instead order a CRP when evaluating for acute inflammation (4). 2020 Jan 1;153(1):14-29. 2020 Apr;478(4):923. Pediatr Ann. 2014 Oct;43(10):417-20. doi: 10.3928/00904481-20140924-10. PMID: 25290132. (7)

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Clinical practice guidelines for acute otitis media in children: a systematic review and appraisal of European national guidelines. 2020 May;10(5):e035343. 2020 Nov 18;m4238. 2020 Jun 4 [cited 2022 Dec 28];2020(6). 2020 May;220:132-138.e2. 2020 Apr;70(693):e245–54. NICE; [cited 2022 Dec 28].

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

For patients well enough to be discharged from the ED, emergency physicians generally ensure patients have access to an albuterol rescue inhaler and often prescribe a short course of steroids; however, this is not the best practice. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;146(6):1217-1270.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

The latest Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) sepsis guidelines from 2021 recommend giving patients with signs of hypoperfusion an initial 30 ml/kg bolus as a best practice statement 13 based on the PROCESS, 14 ARISE, 15 and PROMISE 16 trials. 2020 21(2):p e52-e106 Marik PE, Byrne L, van Haren F. 2020 Aug;37(8):469-473.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 6, 2024

and (2022), A BURST-BAUS consensus document for best practice in the conduct of scrotal exploration for suspected testicular torsion: the Finding Consensus for Orchidopexy in Torsion (FIX-IT) study. Epub 2020 Aug 25. Khadhouri, S., Driver, C.P., Johnston, M.J., Parnham, A., Shabbir, M., Summerton, D.J., Williams, A.,

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Ashley, 2020), is that increased cultural tolerance of transgender persons has encouraged those wishing to take steps to align their gender expression with their feelings to do so. Roberts (2020), whose hyperbolic reactions to its critiques caused a destructive controversy there (Jussim, 2023). Why Was the Article Retracted?

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