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EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Emergency Medicine Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics.
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Thomson American Health Consultants offers the upcoming audio conference: The Resurgence of SARS: Why your hospital may not be as prepared as you think, on Dec. 9, from 2:30-3:30 EST.
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EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Emergency Medicine Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics. In-depth articles, at-a-glance tables, and Q-and-As on real-life situations are presented, and key differences between the "old" EMTALA and the new changes are succinctly explained,
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What would happen today if a patient with suspect or probable SARS were admitted to your hospital? To help you prepare for the threat, Thomson American Health Consultants offers the upcoming audio conference: The Resurgence of SARS: Why your hospital may not be as prepared as you think, on Dec. 9, from 2:30-3:30 EST. Let our experts help you answer that and many other critical questions with practical tips and solutions to detect first cases and protect other patients and health care workers.
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To improve patient survival, the emergency physician (EP) must be knowledgeable about current concepts and controversies in the management of patients in shock. No longer can one simply rely on the presence of traditional clinical markers of shock to make the diagnosis. New and innovative monitoring techniques, as well as continually evolving treatment algorithms, are at the forefront of shock research. This article will educate and update the EP on current and future trends in the management of patients in shock. Equipped with this information, the EP more effectively can identify patients in shock, administer the latest evidence-based treatment, and ultimately improve patient outcome.
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Emergency department physicians must be vigilant to accurately assess,
rapidly stabilize, and appropriately transport a severely injured
patient to the level of trauma care the patient requires. Instead of
viewing missed injuries as occurrences that result from inexperience or
incompetence, strategies to minimize the occurrence of missed injuries
and the resulting consequences are needed. All aspects of a trauma
system must work together to improve patient care.
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The emergency physician is faced with a wide variety of acute respiratory emergencies in daily practice. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV), a means of delivering positive pressure ventilation without the use of an endotracheal tube, is a powerful therapeutic tool in the hands of an informed physician. This article will delineate the physiology of NIV. It will provide guidelines for initiation, weaning, and possible complications of NIV. It also will highlight current research in the topic.
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"EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance" from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Emergency Medicine Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics.
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Although cervical spine injuries are uncommon in children, a missed or
delayed diagnosis may have devastating consequences for the patient. A
thorough understanding of normal pediatric anatomy, injury patterns,
and children who are at increased risk for injury is critical for the
physician caring for the acutely injured child.
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Child abuse can be difficult to recognize, especially in the often chaotic environment of the emergency department. As the leaders of the community and medical safety net that is the ED, emergency physicians play a unique role in detecting, treating, and preventing child abuse. This issue of Emergency Medicine Specialty Reports provides an update on the patterns, diagnosis, and treatment of physical child abuse injuries.
