Critical Decisions: Acute Otitis Media In Children
From the EM Model 7.0 Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders 7.1 Ear Acute otitis media (AOM)…
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Critical Decisions: Acute Otitis Media In Children
From the EM Model 7.0 Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders 7.1 Ear Acute otitis media (AOM)... -
Atrial Fib in the ED: Assessing Stroke Risk
Atrial fibrillation (afib) is the most commonly diagnosed arrhythmia, affecting 2.7 million in the United States. Afib... -
Atrial Fib in the ED: Assessing Stroke Risk
Atrial fibrillation (afib) is the most commonly diagnosed arrhythmia, affecting 2.7 million in the United States. Afib…
Intraosseous Vascular Access – Our Specialty Societies Agree, Why Can’t We?
The Emergency Nurses Association and ACEP both have positions that support the use of intraosseous (IO) vascular…
Not Your Sweetheart
He really ticked me off when he called me sweetheart. He wasn’t an old boyfriend, and I…
D2B time: Are we measuring the right thing?
Door-to-balloon (D2B) time is a measurement that starts with patient arrival to the emergency department (door) and…
Reducing Pediatric Pain and Anxiety
Pain is the presenting complaint in about half of patients seeking care in the emergency department,1 and…
Plane Crash Creates Unexpected Learning Environment for Medical Students
The emergency department is a major gateway of the hospital, where unexpected illnesses are triaged and vague…