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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. Predicting Geriatric Falls Following an Episode of Emergency Department Care: A Systematic Review. Avidan, M.

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IDEA Series: Specialised Lectures in Emergency Medicine (SLEM) – A virtual conference to strengthen EM education in the developing world

ALiEM

Virtual educational programming offers the opportunity to leverage educational resources across space and time, foster collaborations, and improve knowledge, clinical and evidence-based practice globally. The Learners The target learners were EM residents and physicians practicing in the emergency department.

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SGEM#465: Not A Second Time – Single Center RCTs Fail To Replicate In Multi-Center RCTs

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: A 40-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with severe respiratory failure from bilateral pneumonia. This process of validation is critical, as it addresses external validitya cornerstone of evidence-based practice. Should your first pass attempt be done with a bougie or a styletted tube?