Articles Tagged With: emergency
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Hospitals Use Telemedicine to Limit Exposures, Preserve PPE, Guide Patients to Right Setting
In October 2019, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, NJ, began using telemedicine to check in with patients who are discharged from the emergency department and ensure appropriate follow-up appointments are in place. As it turns out, the timing of its implementation was fortuitous, because the hospital has been able to quickly expand its telehealth platform to help with patients who might have contracted COVID-19.
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Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Opioids and Alternative Pain Management Therapies
Opioid therapy can be an effective form of pain management in the ED for acute painful conditions. The risk of addiction and abuse should be considered in every case. Alternatives to opioid therapy include systemic agents, such as acetaminophen, NSAIDs, lidocaine, alpha agonists, anticonvulsants, ketamine, corticosteroids, and local and regional anesthesia.
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ACEP Releases Frontline Provider Tips, Policy Recommendations to Contain COVID-19
Emergency medicine providers are trying to stop a fast-moving pandemic in its tracks.
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Analysis: Radiology Malpractice Claims Much More Likely to Involve ED Than Other Sites
After seeing what seemed like a disproportionate number of radiology malpractice claims from the ED, researchers set out to learn if this anecdotal impression was supported by hard data.
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Can Telemedicine Deliver High-Quality Geriatric Care to Rural EDs?
More than 100 U.S. EDs that have achieved some level of credit through the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program. These EDs have taken specific steps to better meet the needs of older patients who present to the ED according to Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines, established in 2013. However, recognizing that smaller, rural hospitals often do not have the training or resources to meet GEDA standards, researchers are determining if telemedicine technology can be leveraged to make this accreditation available to these facilities.
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Emergency Medicine Leaders Push for Pediatric Readiness Improvements in Prehospital Setting
Multiple professional organizations have released a policy statement that heralds the initial step in an ambitious effort aimed at promoting pediatric readiness in the prehospital environment. The move follows in the footsteps of the successful National Pediatric Readiness Project, which continues to push for improvements in the preparedness level of EDs across the country to care for children.
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Emergency Providers Ask Congress to Approve Supplemental Appropriations to Battle COVID-19
Preparing for a possible pandemic on top of handling an already-severe flu season has stretched resources thin.
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Falls in the Elderly
Falls in patients older than 65 years of age are an increasingly common presentation in U.S. emergency departments, and intricate knowledge and confidence in the evaluation and management of these patients is vital.
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National Orgs Release Pediatric Readiness Recommendations
Guidelines address emergency medical care for children outside the hospital.
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Drawing Connections Between ED Visits and Future Suicide Risk
Investigators studied what happened to patients in the year after they presented with signs of self-harm or suicidal ideation.