The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

With emergency department (ED) volumes rising, administrators are eager to explore AI-driven solutions to improve patient safety and reduce staff burnout. In healthcare, AI is being leveraged to enhance clinical decision-making, streamline administrative processes, and improve patient outcomes.

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Emergency Department Administration Outcomes Patient Safety 107

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. Bullying in Academic Medicine: Experiences of Women Physician Leaders.

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Leadership Patient Safety Academics Research 98

EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Relative proportions of reported diagnostic indications versus clinical outcomes in a retrospective analysis of all CT imaging in 3 EDs over 1 year at an academic center. A 12% reduction in CECTs performed was recorded after EHR interventions in a large health system encompassing 12 hospitals including academic and community medical centers.

Radiology 92

Radiology Radiology Emergency Department Hospitals 92

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Early recognition and prompt treatment is key. non-invasive positive pressure ventilation and IV nitroglycerin infusion have been shown to reduce morbidity (intubation rates, ICU admission) & mortality.

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Leadership EMS Pediatrics Stroke 94

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Are you now forced into attempting a rapid sequence intubation (RSI), knowing the risks for this physiologically difficult patient? No intrinsic analgesic properties, necessitating analgesic administration and increasing the risk of respiratory depression, hypotension, and bradycardia. Case Resolution: The patient was placed on NIPPV.

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Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Airway Management Operations 84

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Children with complex medical conditions are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality, and this may be compounded by inaccurate weight estimation and leading to inaccurate medication dose administration. This approach prevents severe complications and improves patient safety by enabling timely catheter adjustments.

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Ultrasounds Research Emergency Department Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is an important opportunity for board certified emergency physicians to secure those positions today, impressing upon hospital administrations the essential benefits to the patients, the medical staff, and the hospital itself uniquely enabled by board certified emergency physicians. We must always work against a balance.

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Emergency Department EMS Critical Access Hospitals 98