ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2024

He completed residency in emergency medicine through Emory while training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Most recently, Dr. McCormick served as an emergency physician at Northside Hospital. In the Atlanta region, we had AMC, one of the largest hospitals in the region closed. Overburden the other hospital systems.

Telemedicine 105

Telemedicine Critical Access Hospitals Administration 105

ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2024

My current practice is a hybrid of academic and community sites, and I have worked in myriad community hospitals from busy ones to single coverage critical access hospitals. If you have a difficult outcome, it is helpful to know what risk management support you have at your hospital.

Resuscitation 98

Resuscitation Risk Management Hospitals Critical Access 98

Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

329 participants were enrolled at an urban teaching hospital over a period of four years. Rosenberg and colleagues took a qualitative approach when investigating barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of ED-initiated buprenorphine programs in critical access hospital EDs across Maine. ROSENBERG ET AL.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Leadership Administration 52

EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2023

As usual, I was the only physician staffing this rural critical access hospital with limited resources which sits 61 miles away from our state’s only Level 1 trauma center. I have been a part of many traumatic codes and resuscitations during my training, but I knew this one would probably be my most difficult one.

Resuscitation 96

Resuscitation Ultrasounds Critical Access Radiology 96

EMDocs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The facility does not have ultrasound (US) availability at the time of the patient’s presentation, as the sonographer comes to the hospital only 2 days a week. However, duplex ultrasonography may not be readily available at all times in rural or critical access facilities. The patient is concerned about a potential DVT.

Ultrasounds 71

Ultrasounds Documentation/Coding Wellness EMS 71

Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

Four level-1 US trauma centers participated in the study where the inclusion criteria were trauma patients who were within 2 hours of their injury and were transported to the trauma center from either the field or another hospital. The primary outcome was head injury-related death in-hospital within 28 days of injury.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Administration Outcomes Seizures 52

ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Warfarin pills are inexpensive, but the associated hospital care is not. Brian Zink captured a wonderful initial vision statement for our specialty with the title of his book, “Anyone, Anything, Anytime,” which documented the history of our specialty. Warfarin is a drug highly prone to drug-drug and drug-food interactions.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Research Pediatrics 52