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ACEP4U: UAB Achieves First-Ever Emergency Department Accreditation from ACEP 

ACEP Now

UAB has Alabamas only Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 1 Burn Center, and when you consider its comprehensive services for stroke and heart attack, McDonald said theres plenty for UAB to brag about. Accreditation ensures that safe, quality examinations are performed in any ED that utilizes clinical, point-of-care ultrasound.

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

Our nurse did not study Paul Ekman’s Facial Action Coding System for Action Units to code “fear” in the patient’s face. Passively, I watch another clinician’s cursory examination of a critically ill patient to determine how they deem a patient “toxic-appearing” or their bedside neurological assessment to activate a code stroke.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). It is most helpful to do the ultrasound immediately before needle insertion, as movement of the patient may shift cutaneous landmarks from underlying bony structures. WHY - Why Not? REFERENCES 1.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.31.24

Taming the SRU

Know your audience, and tailor your presentation to them in terms of humor, pop culture references, and dress code Err on the side of making your presentation slightly shorter than the alloted time to allow room for questions. It is better to finish early than rushing through your presentation

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

Taming the SRU

Susan Wilcox Increasing regionalization due to: Growth of specialty centers Increasing development of healthcare systems Hub-and-spoke models Development of ECMO, trauma, transplant, and stroke centers The higher the acuity of the centers, the higher the acuity of the patient that needs to get there.

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Episode 31 - Emergency Department Management of Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulant Agents (Pharmacology CME)

EB Medicine

Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be focusing on the use of DOACs for the indications of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and the treatment and prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolisms. Jeff: Rivaroxaban, trade name Xarelto, the second FDA approved DOAC, is used for stroke prevention in those with nonvalvular afib and VTE treatment.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Surgical Clerking

Mind The Bleep

Unless you’re documenting something hilarious, please keep it brief and to the point. History of Presenting Complaint In this section use SOCRATES to document the pain. Drugs/Allergies When documenting drugs – try to get the dose and frequency (this can be found on Summary Care Records from the GP if you have access).