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Thomson American Health Consultants is offering an hour-long audio conference, "HIPAA's Final Privacy Regulations: What You Must Know to Comply," Dec. 4, 2002, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., Eastern time.
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The bones of the hand are the most commonly fractured bones in the body. Other hand problems frequently present to the emergency department, as well: infections, dislocations, tendon lacerations, burns, bite wounds, etc. The ED physician must be aware of which problems can be managed in the ED and which require urgent or emergent consultation by an experienced hand surgeon.
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American Health Consultants is offering "HIPAA's Final Privacy Regulations: What You Must Know to Comply," an hour-long audio conference on Dec. 4, 2002, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Eastern time.
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American Health Consultants is offering "Imminent Smallpox Vaccinations in Hospitals: Consequences for You and Your Facility," a 90-minute audio conference on Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 2-3:30 p.m. EST.
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One year later: Emergency department response to biological terrorism, part II - smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers, tularemia, and botulinum toxins.
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While stroke is most often a result of progressive atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, occurring with increasing frequency as the population ages, there are less common causes of stroke that mainly affect younger populations.
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Many staff emergency physicians and resident physicians interact with pharmaceutical representatives on a regular basis. It seems a fairly harmless interaction, with the emergency physician then returning to the daily grind in their busy emergency department.
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Emergency physicians and pre-hospital personnel are trained to intervene rapidly in critical situations. In the absence of information to the contrary, a patient's desire to be resuscitated must be assumedespecially when withholding life-sustaining procedures may result in death.
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This issue is the second part of our discussion on status epilepticus in adults.
