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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

ACEP Now

25 Wesley Barnett had heard disturbing stories about the firm staffing his hometown critical-access ED as he was nearing the end of residency at the University of Kentucky, so he founded an independent physician group to try to take back the contract.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

When looking at the subgroups with severe shock, there was an 18.5% One also has to keep in mind that this study occurred at Level 1 trauma centers and may not be applicable in critical access hospitals or lower leveled trauma centers. MI or stroke).

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In rural Critical Access Hospitals, or austere conditions, you may be all that is available. The weight of the fetus upon the aorta and IVC, especially when supine, embarrasses return circulation, contributes to shock, and O 2 delivery to the fetus may be sluggish. Use the NODESAT technique. Monitor oximetry and capnography.