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Red Leg in the Heartland of America: A Rural Physician’s Approach to the Patient with a Potential DVT

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Johnson, MD ( Community EM, Salina Regional Health Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, EM-CCM); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 40-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling for the past 5 days.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 2 19 year old seizure A 19-year-old male is brought into your emergency department via EMS for witnessed seizure-like activity. Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. The seizure abated with rectal diazepam given by the squad. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS.

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

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Factoring such, an order to transfer the patient immediately by ground or air EMS is the only actual support per se these non-physicians receive. Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state.

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ED Boarding

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For example, EMS personnel, certified nursing assistants, and medical assistants could reduce the nursing work burden for tasks such as drawing blood, hanging simple fluids, placing IVs, and other tasks. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that more than 275,000 additional nurses are needed from 2020 to 2030. Accessed July 13, 2023.