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ED managers who treat pediatric patients should always have their staff weigh them in kilograms, since that method is the one used to arrived at dosing guidelines, noted experts speaking at a April 11, 2008, teleconference conducted by The Joint Commission.
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The world of emergency medicine was thrown into a state of turmoil on Feb. 10, 2008, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), issued the following guidance: "If a hospital uses other written protocols or standing orders for drugs or biologicals that have been reviewed and approved by the medical staff, initiation of such protocols or standing orders requires an order from a practitioner responsible for the patient's care."
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Any persistent thoughts of or conversations about wanting to die or committing suicide should be taken seriously, advises the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
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If an emergency physician is arrested for assaulting a patient or for inappropriate sexual conduct, there is potential liability exposure for both the hospital where the ED is located and the emergency medicine (EM) group, says Thomas H. Taylor, a health care attorney at LaCrosse, WI-based Johns Flaherty.
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"If a hospital permits physicians to selectively take call while the hospital's coverage for that particular service is not adequate, the hospital would be in violation of its EMTALA obligation by encouraging disparate treatment."
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The public safety room at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, has several special features to help ensure the safety of staff and patients in the ED, according to Harry Myers, director of safety, security, and parking. Here is his description of those features:
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On Sept. 29, 2005, the lives of the ED staff at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA, were affected dramatically when a man arrested for DUI pulled a gun and shot an ED technician and two police officers one fatally.
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A gentle hug. That's the simple theory behind a treatment for congestive heart failure (CHF), using the strategy of wrapping the heart to support it and, hopefully further out, return it to improved function.
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Manufacturers of automated external defibrillators, especially those designated specifically for home use, were hit with negative study findings early this month, with a report that AEDs used at home provided no particular increase in surviving a heart attack of the sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) type.
