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Emergency department staff views of NHS 111 First: qualitative interview study in England

Emergency Medicine Journal

Background NHS 111 is a phone and online urgent care triage and assessment system that aims to reduce UK ED demand. In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to offer direct booking for patients needing ED or urgent care into same-day arrival time slots.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: A Rare Presentation – Groin pain? Nec fasc? Diabetes? Appendicitis?

EMDocs

Delay in administration of antibiotics. Our care was appropriate, timely and within the standard of care. A delay in antibiotics administration was unfortunate but no one can say on a “more probable than not” basis that earlier treatment would have changed the outcome. Initial focus only on thigh problem.

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SGEM#333: Do you gotta be starting something – like tPA before EVT?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. Garreth Debiegun is an emergency physician at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME and clinical assistant professor with Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

PMID: 32653333 What They Did Multi-center, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial with a parallel-group, active-controlled, non-inferiority design. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. The effectiveness of IV cetirizine was determined to be statistically non-inferior.

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SGEM#402: Call Me – On the Telemental Health Line

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: You are moonlighting at the Veterans Administration emergency department (ED) and are caring for an Iraq veteran complaining of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe anxiety. The effect of telemental versus in-person mental health consults in the emergency department on 30-day utilization and processes of care.

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OSHA Training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

American Medical Compliance

Congress established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with the purpose of creating safe and health-conscious work conditions by setting and enforcing standards. Employees may go to their primary care physicians or an Urgent Care or Hospital for consultation.

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Case Report: Toxic Hypoglycemic Syndrome

ACEP Now

Before arriving at our ED, the patient sought care at an urgent care clinic, where she was prescribed ondansetron without improvement. Evaluation of neurotoxicity and hepatotoxicity effects of acute and sub-acute oral administration of unripe ackee (Blighia sapida) fruit extract. Food and Drug Administration website.