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Can This Patient Leave Against Medical Advice?

ACEP Now

1,2 Approximately 2 percent of emergency department (ED) patients in the United States leave prior to evaluation or AMA. 1,2 Approximately 2 percent of emergency department (ED) patients in the United States leave prior to evaluation or AMA. Dr. Marco is professor of emergency medicine at Penn State Health-Milton S.

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The 72nd Bubble wrap x Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency Department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This time we have our first group of colleagues from Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective. Am J Hematol.

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Content Validation of an Emergency Department Skin Risk Assessment Instrument

AENJ: Current Issue

PI monitoring and treatment are often overlooked in the emergency department (ED). Emergency care professionals must be proactive about PI early identification and prevention strategies. A team at a Level 1 trauma center recognized the need for ED-friendly documentation and a validated ED skin risk assessment instrument.

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Emergency department staff views of NHS 111 First: qualitative interview study in England

Emergency Medicine Journal

Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded inductively by the primary researcher. We coded all items to capture experiences of 111 First within the full project coding tree and from this constructed two explanatory themes which were refined by the wider research team.

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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? 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.

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The DIMPLES study

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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Why is pain management so difficult in the Emergency Department? A systematic mixed studies review and thematic synthesis of staff perceptions of enablers and barriers to pain management within the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Introduction Pain is the most common presenting feature within the ED, yet undertreatment of pain in the ED is a well-documented problem worldwide. Despite the development of interventions to address this problem, there is still limited understanding of how pain management can be improved within the ED.