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Can We Stop (Predict) The Drop? – April No Falls Month

The Injectable Orange

For many Australian hospitals, April is ‘No Falls Month’ This month we have a full-scale education attack against one of the most prevalent forms of in hospital patient harm – the fall. As part of our education this month, I would encourage the enthusiastic ED nurse to read the following article.

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ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamics Workshop

The Injectable Orange

This post captures some of the resources discussed in the ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamic Monitoring workshop at Redcliffe Hospital. These resources are high quality FOAM and can help with expanding upon the learning and piqued curiosity from the workshop. Happy self-directed learning.

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Episode 32 - Assisting With Air Travel Medical Emergencies: Responsibilities and Pitfalls (Ethics CME)

EB Medicine

Nachi: AEDs are also required and have been since 2001 and amazingly when a shock was delivered in flight, 40% survived to hospital discharge with a good outcome. Nachi: The Good Samaritan law provides legal protection to medical providers who perform their services in response to medical emergencies outside of the hospital.

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PROFID EHRA: The Most Important Trial of the Decade in Cardiology

Sensible Medicine

What is more, European practice relies heavily on guideline documents. Hospitals, too, lose money when fewer ICDs are implanted. The big lesson of a “negative” PROFID comes in the teaching of evidence-based practice. Doctors have had 20 years to get accustomed to the ICD.