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The Approach to Shoulder Dislocation in the Emergency Setting
More than 95% of shoulder dislocations are anterior in location. Pre- and post-reduction radiographs are not required in patients with chronic recurrent dislocations who have dislocations with minor or no trauma. Leverage reduction techniques may be able to reduce the dislocation without the need for opiates or sedatives. Post-reduction immobilization is primarily done for patient comfort, not to reduce the risk of recurrent dislocation. -
Could Patient’s Non-compliance Be Life-threatening?
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Do You Know What You Need to Know About Informed Consent?
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Many Claims Alleging Failure to Follow up on ED Radiology Studies
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Info Often Missing from ED Charts, Forcing Settlements
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"I'm Swollen": Evaluation of Peripheral Edema in the Emergency Department
Case 1. A 53-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a 5-day history of generalized edema, primarily noted in her lower extremities. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 13, 2013 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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New tool aims to standardize handoffs in the ED, boosting safety and preventing communication failures
To address identified patient safety risks in the handoff process, a group of emergency providers developed Safer Sign Out, a paper-based template that prompts clinicians to jointly review issues of concern on patients who are being passed from one clinician to another at the end of a shift. Already in practice at 12 hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic region, the approach is now being disseminated nationwide with the help of the non-profit Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. -
San Diego ED leverages telemedicine in a bid to ease crowding, long wait times
In a study dubbed Emergency Department Telemedicine Initiative to Rapidly Accommodate in Times of Emergency (EDTITRATE), investigators at the University of California San Diego Health System are gauging whether remote physicians can be quickly and cost-effectively mobilized to evaluate patients when the ED is busy. While there have been administrative hurdles involved with implementing the approach, investigators say the strategy could offer big savings in terms of time and efficiency. -
Anticipate pushback, identify champions for successful launch of sign out process
Administrators interested in implementing the Safer Sign Out process should first reach out to physicians and nurses to discuss problems related to handoffs and get their feedback, advises Fuller. If you show them what the issue is up front, then they will be more prepared for it, he says.