ACEP Now

APRIL 14, 2025

UAB has Alabamas only Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 1 Burn Center, and when you consider its comprehensive services for stroke and heart attack, McDonald said theres plenty for UAB to brag about. Meeting ED Accreditation standards can add value for patients, physicians, and hospitals.

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Emergency Department Geriatric Emergencies Ultrasounds Hospitals 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2020

The Inter-Association Task Force for Preventing Sudden Death in Secondary School Athletics Programs: Best-Practices Recommendations. Heat illness and heat stroke. Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Council on School Health, Policy statement—Climatic heat stress and exercising children and adolescents. Casa DJ et al.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Stroke Burns Pediatrics 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Use soothing sensory measures: speak softly, offer a pacifier, and stroke the skin softly. Researchers are currently working to offer an evidence base to this anecdotal practice. Pediatric burns should be assessed carefully and treated aggressively. Minor burns can be treated topically and with oral medications.

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Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40