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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Still, except for the public hospital, other hospitals did little emergency work and would have unattended first aid or treatment room in which one could meet one's physician or have an intern provide care in the meanwhile. Organization and Specialization in Emergency Nursing. Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog.

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Pediatric Non-Accidental Trauma (NAT)

EM Guide Wire

Delayed Identification of Pediatric Abuse-Related Fractures. Parents’ Opinions About a Routine Head-to-Toe Examination of Children as a Screening Instrument for Child Abuse and Neglect in Children Visiting the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. Sentinel Injuries Subtle Findings of Physical Abuse.

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SGEM#253: Everybody’s Working on the Weekend

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Injury 2019 Guest Skeptic: Alison Armstrong is a Certified Emergency Nurse, Trauma Program Coordinator and TNCC Course Director. Talk Trauma is a […] The post SGEM#253: Everybody’s Working on the Weekend first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: April 17th, 2019 Reference: Little et al.

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Giving Voice - the personal relations of patient relations

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Whether distracting the patient with a fractured hip (in the absence of any analgesia) from noticing the notorious potholes and railway tracks over which we were compelled to drive; or engaging the trust and defusing the hostility of a victim's friends demanding to know why we hadn't gotten there sooner to take care of him.

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Breaking the Sound Barrier (to Action)

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Fractures and dislocations that are being reduced can produce a snap or click as the parts mesh again. Even the electrocautery pen can induce a little sizzle as it cauterizes or as it perforates a nail with a subungual hematoma. This can greatly surprise someone who is not aware of the phenomenon.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

All deaths involving hip fractures if the attending physician believes the fracture caused or contributed to the cause of death. If the fracture is to appear anywhere on the death certificate, the certificate must be completed by the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and not by the attending physician. ·

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Many authors feel NTI is absolutely or relatively contraindicated with potential basilar skull fractures; there is also opinion arguing that airway protection trumps the extreme rarity of this complication. Intracranial placement of a nasotracheal tube after facial fracture: a rare complication. Sinusitis can occur in long intubation.