AENJ: Current Issue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

This article reviews the results of a randomized controlled trial, “Rapid Agitation Control with Ketamine in the Emergency Department: A Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial” by D. Barbic et al. The findings are discussed in the context of practice change for patient stabilization within the ED.

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Emergency Department Outcomes Research 84

Emergency Medicine Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Emergency Department (ED) has long been considered a ‘safety net’ for healthcare. In their research letter, Price and colleagues demonstrate another way the ED is a safety net. In the USA this term is often used to indicate that patients who cannot afford to go elsewhere can always receive care in the ED.

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Emergency Department Research 75

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We propose using a qualitative approach called ‘deep listening’ to explore the sonic environment of emergency departments. We organised a public participation workshop to explore perspectives on the sonic environment of an emergency department as well as their perceptions and experiences of the deep listening methodology.

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Emergency Department Patient Safety Hospitals Research 74

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After the second survey, the researchers constructed a Pareto Chart (based on the responses from the surveys), demonstrating the most important problems to develop improvement proposals. This survey provides scores for 12 separate domains and a global assessment of safety (scale 0–10).

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Emergency Department Teamwork Patient Safety Hospitals 93

AENJ: Current Issue

JULY 31, 2024

The aim of the Research to Practice column is to enhance the research critique abilities of both advanced practice registered nurses and emergency nurses (RNs), while also aiding in the translation of research findings into clinical practice. Each column focuses on a specific topic and research study.

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Emergency Department Emergency Nursing Research 54

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 23, 2024

Concussions are commonly encountered in the Emergency Department. In the research setting, abnormalities can be found via functional, blood flow, or metabolic imaging. We have previously discussed an approach to the question of when a patient “ can return to sport.”

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Seizures Pediatrics Academics Emergency Department 270

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives Research in the Emergency Department needs to be delivered in real time, within a specific clinical time-frame, and on a wide variety of conditions and states of emergency, on participants presenting in an unscheduled manner at any time.

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Emergency Department Research Outcomes Hospitals 40

PHARM

JUNE 11, 2024

Identification and Management of Pelvic Fractures in Prehospital and Emergency Department Settings – Journal of Surgical Research — Read on www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(24)00261-0/fulltext

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Emergency Department Fractures Research 40

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) is a membership organization composed of high-performance emergency departments (EDs) that share a commitment to quality. Prior research shows that boarders worsen mortality; anecdotes from ACEP members echo the data. American College of Emergency Physicians.

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Emergency Department Hospitals EMS Operations 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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Emergency Department Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 135

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But inside these charming historic walls is a research-driven, quaternary-care, academic, medical center. The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. The before-and-after results of this sophisticated ED flow model are remarkable.

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Academics Emergency Department Leadership Operations 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded inductively by the primary researcher. We coded all items to capture experiences of 111 First within the full project coding tree and from this constructed two explanatory themes which were refined by the wider research team.

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Emergency Department Urgent Care Documentation/Coding Patient Safety 75

ALiEM

JUNE 10, 2024

Similarly, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) has developed robust tools for assessing blunt head trauma in children. A 10-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. Case Scenario: What would you do?

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Research Fractures 126

RebelEM

APRIL 3, 2024

Dr. Monica Saxena is a practicing emergency physician and assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on reproductive justice and women’s health in the emergency department setting. Doctor Kass lives in Scarsdale NY with her husband and three children.

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Emergency Department EMS Research Hospitals 128

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023. per 100,000. [4-8]

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Hospitals Research 119

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the UK, as in most developed countries, more patients are presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with minor illnesses or injuries. Emergency department overcrowding is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. Simpson et al. of these were felt to be non-urgent attendances. Simpson et al.

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Emergency Department Research Hospitals Pediatrics 89

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. emergency departments. vs. 12.6%, respectively).

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Outcomes Pediatrics Emergency Department Research 105

Emergency Medicine Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Currently, various sedative agents are widely used and researched for procedural sedation in EDs. 1–6 In their EMJ paper, van der Have et al present a research letter detailing their dual-centre experience with remimazolam for procedural sedation in EDs, primarily for orthopaedic procedures.

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Emergency Department Research 52

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Patients with severe agitation are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED) setting. Emergency departments can be crowded and chaotic, further exacerbating mental health issues. ACEP Policy statement: Use of droperidol in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics Research Hospitals 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

JULY 24, 2023

This systematic mixed studies review aims to identify and critically synthesise research exploring staff views of barriers and enablers to pain management to understand why pain continues to be undertreated in the ED.

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Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Research Wellness 74

Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A group of Emergency Department doctors designed and conducted the Nettle-induced Urticaria Treatment Study (NUTS) as a research training and team-building exercise to address this gap in the Emergency Medicine evidence base.

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Research Emergency Department Wellness 52

PHARM

APRIL 25, 2023

Original research: Haemodynamic effects of a 10-min treatment with a high inspired oxygen concentration in the emergency department: a prospective observational study – PMC — Read on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438193/

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Emergency Department Research 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 2, 2023

JAMA July 2023 Date: October 17, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alasdair Munro is a clinical research fellow specializing in pediatric infectious disease at the University of Southampton. Case: A 4-year-old girl presents to your emergency department (ED) with fever and nasal drainage. Her vaccinations are all up to date.

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Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Emergency Department Research 116

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

Aim Junior doctors joining EDs are required to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills, but there is little research describing how this process can be facilitated. We aimed to understand what would make ED formal induction and early socialisation more effective. We used constant comparison to identify and develop themes.

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Patient Safety Emergency Department Research 98

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. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben. Burgart, A.M.

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Airway Management Emergency Department Resuscitation Psychiatric 135

ACEP Now

AUGUST 22, 2023

Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications.

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Emergency Department Academics Critical Access Research 98

EB Medicine

JUNE 12, 2024

Eckler, MD interview Corey Hazekamp, MD, MS, one of authors of the June 2024 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Managing Emergency Department Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Current State of Opioid Epidemic Overview of overdose deaths and trends. In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R.

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Emergency Department Administration EMS Research 82

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

Neonates presenting to the Emergency Department often cause a lot of uncertainty. Let’s review how Congenital Syphilis may present to our Emergency Departments: Congenital Syphilis : Basics Occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from mother to fetus. Is this scalp swelling normal?

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Seizures Pediatrics 152

ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. The Sisyphean task remains to try to keep up—and, in that vein—here is a light round of the emergency medicine literature from 2023. The post Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023 appeared first on ACEP Now.

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Research Airway Management Stroke Outcomes 52

AENJ: Current Issue

MAY 8, 2024

This column on translating research into practice is crafted to offer advanced practice registered nurses an analysis of current research topics that hold practical relevance for emergency care settings.

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Emergency Department Outcomes Sepsis Research 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 8, 2024

In paediatric emergency care, addressing the challenge of adolescent agitation is a complex and evolving task. Dr Elyssia Bourke, based at Ballarat Base Hospital, is actively engaged in this area through her ongoing PhD research. Organic Illnesses : Often overlooked, these can manifest as behavioural changes.

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Research Emergency Department Psychiatric Outcomes 105

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 27, 2022

He is also an avid FOAM supporter/producer through various online outlets including TheSGEM. […] The post SGEM#374: Bad Habits – Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: August 23rd, 2022 Reference: Schoenfeld et al.

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Emergency Department Research Administration Resuscitation 40

Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2024

Early Physician Gestalt Versus Usual Screening Tools for the Prediction of Sepsis in Critically Ill Emergency Patients. Ann Emerg Med 2024 Background Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well as the rest of the world.

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Sepsis Resuscitation Emergency Department Wellness 89

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial. Case: You’re working your usual day shift in the emergency department (ED) from 9 am to 5 pm on a Tuesday.

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Emergency Department EMS Research Outcomes 75

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 24, 2023

Pilot Testing Fentanyl Test Strip Distribution in an Emergency Department Setting: Experiences, Lessons Learned, and Suggestions from Staff. AEM June 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate.

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Emergency Department Research 74

Broome Docs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Mols EM, Haak H, Holland M, Schouten B, Ibsen S, Merten H, Christensen EF, Nanayakkara PWB, Nickel CH, Weichert I, Kellett J, Subbe CP, Kremers MNT; Safer@Home Research Consortium. Emerg Med J. Emergency Medicine Journal Published Online First: 12 September 2024. Can patients predict the future? A scoping review.

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Emergency Department EMS Research Outcomes 112

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And in our comment letter responding to the FTC and Department of Justice’s proposed updates to health care merger guidelines, ACEP urged the agencies to finalize these changes that would bring more scrutiny to health care mergers and slow down consolidation. Learn more at acep.org/PracticeEssentials.

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