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SGEM#440: I’m Gonna Need Someone To Help Me – GRACE4 AUD and CHS Management in the ED

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department. He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and a Clinician Scientist in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at U of T.

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

EMDocs

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Lion KC, et al.

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The Pause- a recognition of a life

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ & Liska, H.

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Ten Ways to Communicate Empathy in Chaos

ACEP Now

When considering an optimized environment for compassionate patient communication, the chaotic emergency department (ED) probably gives some clinicians pause. 9) Tell Me More, or What Else, Statements Admittedly, this proficiency can be difficult in the busy emergency department. Example: “My spouse said I should come in.”

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Paediatric Appendicitis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

7-year-old Tilly is brought to your emergency department at 11 p.m. Abdominal pain in children is common, accounting for over 1 in 20 attendances to paediatric emergency departments [1]. Clinical scoring tools have improved diagnostic performance in assessing suspected appendicitis in the emergency department.

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Leveraging Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) in Emergency Medicine 

ACEP Now

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of LLMs, could assist emergency physicians in their daily practice and research endeavors. However, the implementation of these models also comes with potential risks and downsides. They can help draft research papers or grant proposals.

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SQuID Protocol for DKA: Impact on ED Length-of-Stay

Taming the SRU

In the context of increasing ED and hospital crowding as well as limited ICU availability, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of a subcutaneous insulin (SQuID) protocol in the treatment of DKA on emergency department length-of-stay (EDLOS) and ICU admissions. If positive (>1.1