Despite continuing pressure to streamline operations, a small but growing number of EDs are adding clinical pharmacists with specialized training in emergency medicine to their ranks.
When Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, NJ, redesigned the ED to handle increasing patient volume back in 2001, its guarantee to see and treat patients quickly kind of "went by the wayside," explains Lisa Breza, RN, BSN, the hospital's chief nursing officer.
With surging demand for emergency care, many hospitals across the country are building larger EDs or expanding existing facilities to make room for more beds.
According to the 2010 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 3.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry in 2010, an incidence of 3.5 cases per 100 full-time workers. Skin diseases are the most common occupational illnesses, reported at 3.9 per 10,000 full-time workers, ahead of respiratory illnesses, hearing loss, and poisoning.
Excessive daytime sleepiness appears to be an important risk factor for stroke. It is unknown whether this is related to obstructive sleep apnea or other mechanisms.
This study shows improvement in visual acuity in some patients with steroid-unresponsive optic neuritis, but it is not clear if plasma exchange accounts for this improvement.
Response to treatment of unilateral lumbar radiculopathy can be predicted by an abnormal needle EMG in the appropriate root distribution.
