Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Strangulation and Related Injuries
It is important for emergency providers to be able to identify injuries associated with strangulation, to prevent its devastating sequelae, and to provide safety planning and resources.
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Beyond COVID, Other Key Research Breakthroughs Occurred in 2021
American Heart Association highlights progress on diabetes treatment, stroke prevention, and anti-clotting medication.
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Tearing Down Barriers to Medical Error Reporting
Lack of time, complex systems prevent staff from reporting medical errors, near-misses more often.
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Surgeon General Says Boosting Youth Mental Health ‘Will Require a Whole-of-Society Effort’
Sweeping advisory includes detailed action items for families all the way to the federal government and everyone in between.
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Most PICU Clinicians Report Moral Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic
Ethicists should join rounds on various units, routinely conduct multiprofessional team debriefing sessions within departments and units, and offer educational workshops on ethical frameworks.
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Medical Residents Know Little About Surrogate Decision-Making Laws
Ethicists can educate clinicians about how to identify appropriate decision-makers and the roles proxies and surrogates ought to play in patient care. Equally important is ensuring providers know where to go for help if such questions arise.
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Infectious Complications Carry Ethical Implications for End-of-Life Care
Many assume antibiotics are a simple solution to infectious complications, which is not always the case. Clinicians must explain the downstream effects of traumatic injuries and ICU care to families in detail so they can see how each bump in the road will affect the patient.
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Ethical Considerations When Nurses Perform ‘Slow Codes’ at End of Life
On some occasions, limited resuscitation efforts occurred without the family’s knowledge. Not all resuscitation measures are medically beneficial, and clinicians often must decide in the moment if they are clinically appropriate to perform.
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Notification Practices Vary for Emergency Research, Few Participants Withdraw
Find consent processes that protect and preserve patients’ autonomy to the extent possible, while also allowing medical progress to occur and giving participants access to potentially beneficial therapies. Doing so may require
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Carbon Monoxide Exposure: Evaluation and Management
Carbon monoxide is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide and often represents a diagnostic challenge for emergency providers because of its wide range of nonspecific symptoms.