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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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The Emergency Department Admitting Team: A Crisis Response to an Unprecedented Surge of Critically Ill Patients During COVID-19

EM Updates

Emergency nursing, technician, and clerical staffing was unchanged compared to usual staffing for the zone, with far higher patient:nurse ratios than allowable in a proper ICU, as all other critical care resources were engaged on the units and were not available to assist in the direct care of these patients. N Engl J Med.

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Health to The Chief!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

died of sepsis from an infected blister on his foot resulting from a tennis game at the White House. Calvin Coolidge Often remembered for being taciturn, he had an effective career before as Massachusetts Governor. He succeeded to the Presidency upon Harding’s death by heart attack. He finished that term, and ran for a second term.

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