ALiEM

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A trans-esophageal echocardiogram showed a normal ejection fracture, normal right ventricular function, and no vegetations. Bupe Allergy Buprenorphine induction has been the mainstay of emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder for more than a decade [11, 12]. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2017 Jun;32:660-6.

Emergency Department 64

Emergency Department Operations Psychiatric Hospitals 64

RebelEM

MARCH 9, 2023

However, evaluating and managing patients with acute alcohol intoxication in the emergency department can be challenging. It may be mistaken for acute intoxication, psychiatric illness, or other occult pathology. Check that clavicles are intact and that there are no obvious rib fractures or spinal step-offs.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Emergency Department Fractures Documentation/Coding 52

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Look for the light bulb sign and always evaluate with scapular 'Y' view Lateral ankle fractures are classified by the Weber Classification, which is based on fracture location relative to the tibiotalar joint line A Jones fracture is a fracture at the 4th/5th metatarsal articulation. C above historical average.

Dislocations 74

Dislocations Fractures Poisoning Academics 74

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Ben has a possible skull fracture and has been intubated, but his oxygen requirement is minimal. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful.

Airway Management 135

Airway Management Emergency Department Resuscitation Psychiatric 135

ACEP Now

MARCH 11, 2025

A 16-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with his mother with the chief complaint of intermittent abdominal pain and constipation for several weeks. 7 A more recent study surveyed emergency physicians knowledge and training and found that of 1.9 Parental blame is counter-therapeutic and should be avoided.

Emergency Department 83

Emergency Department Psychiatric Dehydration Pediatrics 83

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

Original clinical studies Distribution and pattern of hand fractures in children and adolescents. 2023 Jun 1;76(6):731-736 The Association Between Media-Based Exposure to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Emergency Department Visits for Self-Harm. Ultrasonography or Radiography for Suspected Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures.

Pediatrics 98

Pediatrics Emergency Department Outcomes Fractures 98

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

BROADSTOCK Suicidal Ideation & Behavior with Concomitant Substance-Use Difficult to distinguish suicidal ideation/behavior from primary decompensated psychiatric disease versus substance-induced in the ED Statement of Belief Aka pink slip, 72 hour hold, involuntary civil commitment, etc.

Documentation/Coding 64

Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness 64