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SGEM #425: Are You Ready for This? Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. July 2023 Date: Dec 11, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rachel Hatcliffe is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Are general emergency departments ready to care for children?

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Staff retention in the ED

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Challenging working conditions in health services, especially in emergency departments (ED), lead to high levels of stress and burnout. Retention of doctors in emergency medicine: a scoping review of the academic literature. Emerg Med J. 2021 Sep;38(9):663-672. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210450. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

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SGEM#460: Why Do I Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me – CHARTWatch to Predict Clinical Deterioration

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: The Chief of Emergency Medicine (EM) at a large urban hospital recently approached the AI Committee at Unity Health, intrigued by the CMAJ article describing the apparent success of CHARTWatch in detecting early signs of patient deterioration. Reference: Verma et al.

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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department

ACEP Now

But inside these charming historic walls is a research-driven, quaternary-care, academic, medical center. The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. The before-and-after results of this sophisticated ED flow model are remarkable.

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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

RebelEM

Background: The emergency department is frequently visited by patients suffering from symptomatic alcohol withdrawal, and the traditional management has been dominated by repeated doses of benzodiazepines. Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.

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Return to Learn / Return to Sport after Concussion

Pediatric EM Morsels

Concussions are commonly encountered in the Emergency Department. We have previously discussed an approach to the question of when a patient “ can return to sport.”

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Reduced noise in the emergency department: the impact on staff well-being and room acoustics

Emergency Medicine Journal

It was performed in our non-academic ED in the Netherlands from July 2021 to April 2022. This study evaluated if a package of noise-reducing interventions altered workload, physical complaints, productivity and room acoustics. Methods This was an observational pre-post implementation study.