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Referrals

Mind The Bleep

Often one of the scariest things you can do as you will most likely be speaking to a more senior colleague in an unfamiliar speciality. However, as an F1, you may well know the patient best and therefore you may be best placed to refer the patient.

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When the conventional algorithm diagnoses the ECG as COMPLETELY NORMAL, but there is in fact OMI, what does the Queen of Hearts PM Cardio AI app say? (with 10 case examples)

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

link] Or use the QR code: 10 Cases: Case 1 Do you want to be interrupted to view what the computer calls normal or nonspecific ECGs? Optimal clinical ECG interpretation for identification of acute OMI can be attained by attention to the principles reviewed in the 90-minute Webinar by Drs. 2 cases at once!

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

PEMBlog

Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Pediatrics March 2023; 151 (3): e2022057383. 10.1542/peds.2022-057383 2022-057383 Nordstrom K, Berlin JS, Nash SS, Shah SB, Schmelzer NA, Worley LLM. West J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul 22;20(5):690-695. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.6.42422.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport

EMDocs

We’re defining “protocol” here as a written document that provides oversight from the medical director about how to assess and treat patients. Reassessment and Documentation After any type of restraint is instituted, careful assessment, re-assessment, and documentation is required. Was the documentation complete?

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Digital Health: A Guide for Future Clinicians

Mind The Bleep

Behind the scenes, this entry is assigned a clinical code (such as a SNOMED CT code) so it can be recognised as a blood pressure value by any health record software worldwide if the record should ever be exported there. Some clinicians might have an interest in coding and software development (also known as clinicians who code ).

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OCR Right Of Access Enforcements – A Message to Dental Practices

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

If a patient emails a request for their records, it is considered sufficient documentation for the practice to provide those records once the practice confirms the email address belongs to the patient. For example, if the patient’s email is not on file, call to confirm the request and email address and document the call in the patient’s file.

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The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella infection Geneva: WHO Documents Production Services, 2007 Available from: [link] [Accessed 4 Oct 2024] Government of the United Kingdom. JOINT committee on vaccination and immunisation code of practice June. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Epidemiol Infect.