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ToxCard: Chronic Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

This leads to an enhanced, as well as a prolonged predominant cholinergic effect. Make sure to dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Limit exposure with PPE if returning to the exposing environment. This prevents ongoing exposure to the patient and ED staff.

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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. More members translate to more resources.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Patey’s Disclaimer: I am not an expert on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), Influenza/HINI/Coronavirus, Journal Reviews or Emergency Department management of pandemics. Paul Norman’s Disclaimer: We (Dr.

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Benefit of the Bump: Patient Care as a Pregnant Resident

FEMinEM

It gives us a moment to talk about something other than the horrible reason they are in the emergency department that day and allows for an incredibly humanizing moment with my patients. An urban emergency department is not a warm, friendly place. The baby-bump effect is further-reaching than I ever could have imagined.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Jeff: Of note, EMS providers should use face masks themselves and place them on patients as well. Jeff: Alright, so now that the EMS crew, wearing proper PPE of course, has delivered the patient, who is also wearing a mask, to the ED, we can begin our ED H&P. As a result, rapid testing modalities are recommended. Nachi: Amazing.

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Breaking down barriers

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In the emergency department, we were working our way through tonnes of PPE, masks, aprons, and gloves. You treated me so well.” Amidst tonnes of PPE, hot zones, cold zones, cancelled clinics and social distancing, mental health presentations to the ED were exploding – lockdown was devastatingly affecting our young people.

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