Remove Best Practices Remove Document Remove Emergency Department
article thumbnail

Agitation Treatment in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

Last month’s article focused on ACEP’s efforts and resources to support EDs and patients with psychiatric emergencies. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment. Mental health evaluation teams can rely on documentation and interviews to understand a patient’s initial agitation level.

article thumbnail

Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

EMDocs

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? 13 Interventions may include: Ascertaining a patient’s preferred language early in the clinical encounter (during registration, for instance), and clearly documenting this preference in a place that is visible to all providers.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Crafting And Refining Your Massive Transfusion Protocol – Part 2

The Trauma Pro

MTP logistics include details such as who will be delivering the blood, what actually goes in each cooler, what ratios should be used, limitations imposed by the use of frozen plasma, and documentation. Documentation is critically important, both in the trauma bay and the blood bank. And there are plenty around all the time!

article thumbnail

Leveraging Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) in Emergency Medicine 

ACEP Now

We need to navigate challenges, foster ethical use, and identify the best practices for emergency department application. Documentation LLMs can assist with generating initial drafts of referral letters, medical excuses, and discharge summaries.

article thumbnail

Human Trafficking of Children and Adolescents

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Lela Bachrach, MD, MS, Larissa Truschel, MD, MPH, and Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH - the authors of the July 2022 PEMP article on Human Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: Recognition and Response in the Emergency Department. Do you find this dissuades patients form reporting?

article thumbnail

Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients

ACEP Now

2 Information blocking is any practice that is “likely to interfere with access, exchange, or use of [EHI].” 3 These regulations have led to widespread practices of EHI, such as test results and clinical documentation, being shared with patients in real time. SOB), and alternative value-neutral descriptors should be used (e.g.,

article thumbnail

Can We Stop (Predict) The Drop? – April No Falls Month

The Injectable Orange

In the consistent form of Injectable Orange we have a not so hidden curriculum – critical appraisal and evidence based practice. Predicting Geriatric Falls Following an Episode of Emergency Department Care: A Systematic Review. Remember this all counts toward your nursing continuing professional development. Avidan, M.