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Episode 38 - COVID-19 Update: An Interview with Andrea Duca, MD

EB Medicine

14:46 Do you put on new PPE as you go room to room? 15:21 What PPE do you currently use? 15:38 When did you create dirty and clean zones in the emergency department? 17:03 What is your annual emergency department volume? 18:04 How many treatment rooms are in your emergency department?

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

While ACEP was doing what EPs do best, identifying and caring for the most emergent member needs, ACEP wasn’t doing what the one quarter of U.S. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. However, unlike 80 percent of U.S.

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Having problems with your PAPR-work? (When an N95 mask simply won’t do … )

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This is not a feasible practice in the Emergency Department which must deal immediately with an undifferentiated patient. It would be kept in an anteroom of an Isolation Room (the only one with a private bathroom for the patient) which had cabinetry and sink, and an electric outlet to operate the battery charger.

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Hand Examination & Pathology

Don't Forget the Bubbles

We will focus on the most important structures when assessing paediatric hands in the emergency department. Finger injuries caused by fingers being caught in closing doors are extremely common presentations to the paediatric emergency department. It additionally has an intricate blood and nerve supply.