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Supplement: Health Care Reform Update
Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 12, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Common Diagnoses Become Difficult Diagnoses When Geriatric Patients Visit the Emergency Department: Part I
It is another busy night in the emergency department (ED), but you are managing to keep up with the tempo. However, the next chart in the rack is bound to slow your pace: It is an 83-year-old man with the chief complaint of "not feeling well." -
Self-harm in the Emergency Department: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms
How's this for a practice gap? It's estimated that 1 in 10 suicide victims are people seen in the emergency department within 2 months of dying. Suicide is an issue of public health, which, in today's medical system, is often the domain of the emergency physician (EP). -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 15, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 1, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Dental Emergencies
The emergency physician is frequently faced with patients presenting with dental complaints, particularly pain and injury. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 1, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Approaching Shock in the Trauma Patient
You are working one evening, and the EMS dispatch center calls. The ambulance is bringing in a 35-year-old male motor vehicle collision victim who is unresponsive and has a BP of 80 palpable. So, what happens next in your emergency department? Who do you assemble? What equipment do you gather? Do you call the blood bank and the operating room? -
Concussion Management for the Emergency Clinician
Concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), create challenges for the emergency care provider.