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How EM Physicians Should Manage Their Legal and Medical Duties

ACEP Now

A 16-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) after being sexually assaulted by two males at a party at her friend’s house. The key to answering this question, no matter where you are, is to engage your hospital attorney or risk manager. Mandatory reporting and adolescent sexual assault.

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Employ a Trauma-Informed Approach to Care

ACEP Now

A 28-year-old female is brought to the emergency department (ED) by police after a sexual assault. The police officer is waiting for the sexual assault evidence kit. Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, director of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pa.,

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Restoring Physician-Patient Trust

American Medical Compliance

Sixty percent of nurses report being victims of sexual assault and less than half of emergency department doctors have been victims of physical violence. It would also make violence against hospital employees a crime. Acts of workplace violence against healthcare workers are nearly as common.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It ' s EMERGENCY Nurse to you! In hospitals, the work role or function of nurses and other staff is usually (and traditionally) defined by place, e.g. : O.R.; It might be in a resuscitation room, the waiting room or rest room, the hospital lobby, or even the parking structure, perhaps even on the way home.

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

Emergency Medicine Journal

Aims and Objectives Early identification of patients at higher risk of death and hospital admission is an important problem in emergency departments. The mortality risk and need for hospital admission associated with the different presenting complaints in a standardised national data set has not been previously reported.

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SGEM#226: I Want A New Drug – One that Doesn’t Cause an Adverse Drug Event

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prospective Validation of Clinical Criteria to Identify Emergency Department Patients at High Risk for Adverse Drug Events. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Calgary. [display_podcast] Date: August 16th, 2018 Reference: Hohl C et al. AEM Aug 2018. AEM Aug 2018.

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SGEM Xtra: How To Save A Life – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED). 2022 Nov Guest Skeptics: Dr. Nour Khatib is an emergency physician in Toronto working in community sites Markham Stouffville Hospital and Lakeridge health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED).