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This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.
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Thomson American Health Consultants offers the Hospital Handbook on Smallpox Vaccination, a facilitywide resource for the information you need about smallpox vaccination in most health care facilities.
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As the number of foreign-born individuals in the United States continues to grow, the emergency physician must be adept at handling the medical issues unique to this population.
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The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) is a bedside ultrasound examination used primarily by emergency physicians and trauma surgeons to identify free intraperitoneal, intrathoracic, or pericardial fluid. This article describes the sonographic acoustic windows and technique of the FAST examination.
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Your hospital successfully earned accreditation a year ago. But how ready would you be today if a team from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations walked into your emergency department (ED) as part of a random, unannounced survey?
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Meningitis is the most frequently missed diagnosis among sentinel events arising from delays in treatment in the emergency department (ED), according to a 2002 report from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and ED managers can expect surveyors to ask about strategies for handling the potentially fatal disease.
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Question: For our psychiatric transfers, the receiving facility generally accepts the patients via an authorizing staff person. Does a physician at our facility have to speak with a physician at the receiving facility?
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If you were asked to list a reason why nurses choose to leave their workplace, benefits, salary, or work schedule probably would come to mind. However, a recent study reveals another reason that you might not initially suspect: conflict with physicians.
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In addition to fielding questions from prospective emergency department (ED) nurses about schedules and benefits, you soon may be asked Is your facility recognized by the Magnet Nursing Recognition Program?
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With the smallpox vaccination program, your emergency departments (ED) operations will be affected dramatically. ED managers are scrambling to be sure that staff are fully informed, while figuring out how to avoid scheduling nightmares.