ED Management
RSSArticles
-
This Flu Season, Consider These Tactics to Manage Capacity, Prioritize Safer Care
Tips include hastening the early discharge of patients so inpatient beds become available faster and smoothing elective, scheduled admissions across the week.
-
Investigators Narrow Culprit List in Vaping Injury Cases
As research continues, vitamin E acetate keeps popping up as a suspect in the mystery of what is causing vaping-related lung injuries.
-
Infectious Disease Experts Call for Measles Outbreak Response Plans
Considering measles cases in the United States have been surging to numbers not seen since 1992, infectious disease experts are urging hospitals and EDs to devise response plans that they can trigger quickly should a patient with measles present.
-
Feds Mandate Hospitals Develop and Maintain Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
The move is seen as a big step against multidrug-resistant organisms and the misuse of antibiotics.
-
Busy Community Hospital Develops Process to Speed ED Throughput
Some patients are coming to the ED from nearby urgent care centers and physician offices where their care has already begun. ED administrators saw in this group a new opportunity to reduce wait times while also promoting better care integration between different healthcare settings.
-
Steep Increases in STDs Jeopardize Efforts to End HIV Epidemic
Experts call for increased funding for STD prevention and surveillance efforts across the country.
-
EDs Critical to Curbing HIV Epidemic, But More Involvement Needed
Investigators say there is a need for EDs to not just perform routine testing for HIV, but also take more ownership of the counseling and treatment aspects of care.
-
CDC Offers Guidance on How to Recognize, Manage Vaping-Associated Lung Injury
The guidance states that patients suspected of presenting with e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury should undergo a chest radiograph. Hospital admission is recommended for patients with low blood oxygen levels or who are in respiratory distress.
-
The Importance of Taking Blood Cultures Prior to Antibiotic Delivery in Sepsis Patients
While taking blood cultures should not significantly delay needed treatment, investigators noted their data prove that cultures taken post-treatment lose nearly half the clinical information needed to make subsequent treatment decisions.
-
In Pediatric Emergencies, Strong Correlation Between Readiness, Mortality
A new study is raising serious concerns about EDs that are not considered “pediatric ready” to manage emergencies involving children.