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Communic8: Eight Universal Leadership Lessons from the Children’s Emergency Department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The Childrens Emergency Department is a busy, challenging, and dynamic environment. Here are eight key leadership lessons inspired by real-life interactions and reflections from Paediatric Emergency Care 1. They involve a mixture of clinical, communication, and leadership traits. Its the bridge that connects us all.

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

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On a busy day shift in the emergency department, our seasoned triage nurse comes to me after I finish caring for a hallway patient, “Hey, can you come see this guy in the triage room? This is the essence of emergency medicine. 4 However, emergency physicians rely on gestalt to predict outcomes well.

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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

EMDocs

A 36-year-old male presents to the emergency department after being found down at home by his spouse. This series provides evidence-based updates to previous posts so you can stay current with what you need to know. fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold

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But Can You Just PO?

Taming the SRU

Fluid management in the Emergency Department (ED) is crucial in the adequate resuscitation of the acutely ill and decompensating patient. compared the effects of these two among the acute gastroenteritis children and reported that the use of ORT was associated with shorter hospital stay and increased patient satisfaction.

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Health Care Worker Unionization Uncommon, But Sometimes Necessary

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But we should not have to sacrifice our own well-being in the process. We deal with difficult and traumatizing situations daily, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the emergency department, where sickness, violence, and death are routine. Elmhurst doctors’ strike ends as hospital, union reach deal.

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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

DON’T forget to put on your Personal Protective Equipment as well! If bleeding has completely stopped, most of these children still come into the hospital for observation so access will likely be necessary and helpful should patient have rebleed event. Have traditional, direct laryngoscopes available as well.

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New "sepsis tests" are here: how well do they work?

PulmCCM

Overly general case definitions and sloppy EMR algorithms result in a high rate of overtreatment with antibiotics due to false positives, as well as delayed treatment from false negatives. Septicyte was cleared by FDA in 2021 for use in hospitalized patients with suspected sepsis. emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med.

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