ACEP Now

MARCH 12, 2024

Drivers and crews spend months at a time on the road and they travel through rural areas, where only critical access hospitals may be nearby. Temperatures inside the cars on the track can reach 120 degrees, so heat-related illness prevention and wellness checks are a regular part of the job.

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Critical Access Hospitals Wellness 52

EMDocs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, duplex ultrasonography may not be readily available at all times in rural or critical access facilities. The Wells’ Criteria for DVT can help risk stratify [2,3]. If the patient’s Wells score is ≤ 0, DVT is nearly clinically excluded and no further immediate lab or ultrasound is necessary.

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Ultrasounds Documentation/Coding Wellness EMS 70

Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

ROSENBERG ET AL Northern New England and, in particular, Maine have been especially hard-hit by the opioid epidemic, with Maine experiencing its’ highest number of opioid deaths ever in 2020. Despite this, implementation of ED-initiated buprenorphine programs has been slow across the state, particularly in rural locations.

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Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Leadership Administration 52

Taming the SRU

MARCH 14, 2023

He appears well and is triaged to an ESI 4. Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. She was doing well, but recently has had the “stomach flu” with a couple weeks of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. More on this below as we work through a few cases…. Neuroanatomy.

Seizures 52

Seizures Emergency Department Pediatrics Critical Access 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. A rural ED staffed by a well-trained EP is an essential resource in small communities that may be otherwise lacking in readily available healthcare resources.

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Emergency Department EMS Critical Access Hospitals 98

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

This included multiple pathways: the nurse education professional track to increase the number of clinical and vocational nursing instructors; the nursing career pathway track to train frontline health care professionals; and special grants to support accelerated learning and expanded access to clinical residencies and specialty care rotations.11

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Hospitals Military Emergency Department Leadership 98