ACEP Now

MAY 6, 2023

EMS reports starring and significant damage to the windshield and show you a picture (Figure 1). FIGURE 1: EMS Photo of damaged windshield showing star/spider web pattern from impact of occupant. Forensic investigation-motor vehicle collisions and motor-vehicle pedestrian accidents. Imaging and lab studies are ordered.

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Forensics Documentation/Coding Head Injuries Fractures 52

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

The specialty, he said, spoke to his interest in surgery and EMS in a way that family medicine did not. A closer look, though, also shows the technology of the daya bulky, two-way radio for communicating with EMS, metal gurneys, glass saline bottles, and portable ECG monitors the size of a small shopping cart. I like the excitement.

Forensics 52

Forensics Urgent Care Emergency Department Hospitals 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It is critically important to document the physical findings in a plain-seeing, plain-speaking, non-judgmental manner that will not color or taint future investigations. In short, describe the simple appearance of wounds and findings, and the body’s response, without any forensic conclusions.

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Military Forensics Documentation/Coding Emergency Nursing 40

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Violence prevention was a centerpiece of Virginia ACEP’s EM Advocacy Day in January, when chapter members met with state legislators to share stories of workplace violence and help make sure this bill received strong bipartisan support.

Psychiatric 40

Psychiatric Emergency Department Forensics Hospitals 40

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Forensic Sci Int. Liquid chromatography/photodiode array detection for determination of strychnine in blood: a fatal case report. 2004;141(1):17-21. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.010 2003.12.010 Otter J, D’Orazio JL. Strychnine Toxicity. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022.

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Poisoning Airway Management Dislocations Forensics 98

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. About three-quarters of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa serve as origin or destination points for refugees.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 75