Articles Tagged With: emergency
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While Many Pharmacies Have EC, Can Teens Access It?
In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration removed age restrictions on emergency contraception (EC), allowing it to be sold over the counter to all consumers. However, results of a new study indicate that barriers to and disparities in access for adolescents still exist.
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Non-Traumatic Ocular Emergencies
Evaluating eye-related complaints in the ED requires a good understanding of the anatomy and potential implications of failure to treat. Although most ED presentations are nonemergent, it is important that the emergency physician identify the emergent presentations and manage them promptly to prevent potential vision loss.
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Pediatric Procedural Sedation
Procedural sedation is a critical skill to facilitate the performance of necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children. The clinician must have knowledge of the preparatory steps, indications, pharmacologic agents, monitoring, and recovery phase to safely and effectively perform this necessary adjunct to many common procedures. The authors review steps, current recommendations, and options to utilize procedural sedation skillfully in children. In addition, they present guidelines for managing adverse events that may be associated with the administration of procedural sedation.
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Contagion: A different type of disaster planning
Though an upcoming CMS regulation calls for an “all-hazards” approach to disasters, a pandemic or infectious disease outbreak brings some unique characteristics to the tabletop planning.
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Know What You Don’t Know
Emergency response and employee health ultimately boils down to a paradoxical paradigm: “Know what you don’t know,” says Cathy Floyd, MS, BSN, RN, DPA, COHN-S, regional manager of occupational health at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston.
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CMS Finalizing Disaster Reg; Includes Training, Assisting HCWs
As dealing with natural disasters and emerging infections becomes the new normal for hospitals, CMS will soon issue “all-hazards” emergency regulations that include requirements for protecting and accommodating healthcare workers, Hospital Employee Health has learned.
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New Center Focuses on Improving Emergency Care for Children
The Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center will ensure every child has access to pediatric emergency care or urgent care.
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Special report on EMTALA next month
Hospitals have been under scrutiny recently for violations of EMTALA, with one hospital agreeing to pay $100,000 for an improper transfer.
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Do You Know the Latest for Managing Patients with Stroke?
Stroke Awareness Month is a good time to make sure you’re prepared to treat stroke patients effectively.
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It Works: Suicide Screening in the ED
Discussing suicide risk in the ED has been successful in identifying suicidal patients who might not have been identified any other way.