Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Mechanical Ventilation in the Emergency Department
Today's emergency physicians may find themselves responsible for initiating, sustaining, and even weaning patients on mechanical ventilation. This review will assist the emergency physician in providing quality respiratory support to these critically ill patients. -
Full May 28, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Evaluation of the Acutely Injured Knee in the ED: Diagnosis and Treatment. Part II.
While fractures can be serious and limb-threatening, they are not the most common knee condition seen in the emergency department. Soft-tissue injuries or conditions constitute the majority of disorders that present with knee pain. -
Full May 14, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Full May 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports for May/June 2007
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Part I. Pediatric Procedural Sedation: Personnel, Monitoring, and Patient Assessment
Pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is commonly used in emergency departments to decrease the pain and anxiety associated with procedures and to assure an environment conducive to the safe performance of necessary interventions. -
Evaluation of the Acutely Injured Knee in the ED: Diagnosis and Treatment: Part I
Often, the emergency department (ED) evaluation of a painful knee is a quick x-ray followed by discharge with the limb placed a knee immobilizer, the patient walking with crutches, a prescription for analgesics, and a referral to see an orthopedist next week. -
Full April 30, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Moonlighting residents may risk errors, lawsuits
Are residents in training who moonlight in emergency departments (EDs) more likely to experience clinical errors and oversights? The answer is a definite "yes," say experts.