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EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients

ACEP Now

2 For example, patients that live with disabilities are twice as likely to report sexual assault compared to those without a disability. This makes documentation and communication of the utmost importance for these patients for their health and safety. Krahn, et al., This leads into the next part of the model—Assessment.

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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

ACEP Now

The inaugural ACEP Accelerate conference – which combined the ED Director’s Academy, the Advanced Pediatrics EM Assembly, Reimbursement & Coding, and Teaching Fellowship—took place in Arlington, TX in March 2023. There were some ACEP business decisions at the April Board meeting, as well. 17-23, 2025 in Orlando, Florida.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

SOCIAL PROBLEM (MEDICALLY WELL) 58 1 27 46.6 0[0 , 32] STATES VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 8 0 0 0 0[0 , 32] TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION 7 0 4 57.1 NEEDLESTICK/BODY FLUIDS) 113 0 12 10.6 CRYING INFANT 108 0 16 14.8 THROAT : FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT/MOUTH 108 0 18 16.7 JOINT SWELLING 103 0 28 27.2 NOSE : FOREIGN BODY 100 0 4 4 0[0 , 3.7]

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Episode 27 - Emergency Department Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Pharmacology CME and Infectious Disease CME)

EB Medicine

Nachi: All the more reason we need evidence based guidelines, which our team from South Carolina has nicely laid out after reviewing 107 references dating back to 1990, as well as guidelines from the CDC and the national guideline clearinghouse. For the exam, have a chaperone present, whose name you can document. Jeff: Exactly.