Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male…
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Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male... -
Tourniquet Use Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new... -
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in...
Tourniquet Use Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new…
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in…
Palcohol: Powdered Alcohol Dangers that Emergency Physicians Should Know
Powdered alcohol could soon be sold in stores throughout the United States, but some say the product,…
Emergency Medicine’s Role in Prescription Opioid Abuse
As a member of the board of the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, I get the opportunity…
14 Tips to Improve Clinical Efficiency in Emergency Medicine
The more complex the delivery of emergency medical care becomes, the more critical it is that we…
Project ETHAN Telehealth Program Cuts Number of Emergency Department Transports in Houston
Although the Houston Fire Department receives approximately 800 to 900 911 calls a day, a fair number…
Increase in High-Deductible Health Insurance Patients Raises Payment Concerns
Your payer and acuity mixes are integral and vitally important to your financial success. Payer Mix There…
Emergency Department Flow, Patient Walkaway Key Performance Measures
Emergency department flow and reduction of patient walkaway are both very important performance measures. Flow requires coordinated…