The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Contact the trauma medical director, service chief, or hospital administrator and see if they can intervene. Explain to the consultant that you truly believe that harm will occur, and you will have to document that fact in the medical record as well as their failure to respond. Appeal to a higher authority. Good luck!

Risk Management 113

Risk Management Fractures Documentation/Coding Hospitals 113

ACEP Now

JANUARY 14, 2024

9,10 This column reviews key drug interactions in older patients, those with psychiatric illness and those with renal disease, as well as three essential categories of drugs where careful ED ordering and prescribing should be considered. Ther Clin Risk Manag. Abu Mellal A, Hussain N, Said AS. 2019;15:921-36.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Emergency Department Hospitals EMS 52

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

1,2 For hypervolemia in heart failure patients, orthopnea >2 pillows is the most reliable clinical finding, 3,4 though an increase in peripheral edema and increased weight can be useful as well. 6-8 In patients who are on long-term hemodialysis, typical non-invasive signs of volume assessment seem to be unreliable as well.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 73