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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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Gradually Circling Around the GRACE Project’s “Reasonable Practice”

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In an environment in which patients may have their entire work-up in the waiting room, or attend a critical access hospital staffed by non-emergency physicians, or lack the financial support to follow up with an appropriate specialist, a pragmatic approach to care is required. Accessed July 14, 2023. About SAEM.

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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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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

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Emergency medicine (EM) has evolved over time and has long passed a crossroads where previously unachievable capabilities should be celebrated and shared. In 2023 we must move beyond that title. Accessed June 10, 2023. Accessed June 10, 2023. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Updated September 21, 2022.

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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. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023.