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Editors note: This is the first of a two-part series on improving care of obese patients in the ED. This months story addresses special considerations for assessment and supplies. Next month, well cover complications of surgical treatment for morbid obesity you may be seeing in your ED.
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As an ED nurse, you can expect dramatic changes during your next survey from the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, as a result of the new Shared Visions, New Pathways process and emphasis on continuous readiness.
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In what may foretell a trend in other states, New Hampshire has equipped every hospital in the state with portable isolation units that quickly can convert regular patient rooms to units under negative air pressure.
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Clinicians should be alert for possible cases of ricin poisoning because the easily available toxin was used recently to make a terrorist threat at mail processing center in Greenville, SC, public health investigators warn.
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The recent ricin threat at a postal facility in Greenville, SC, follows several other instances of the agent being used or procured for criminal purposes.
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The incredibly potent anthrax powder used in the bioterrorist attacks of 2001 could have killed thousands of people if the terrorist had simply placed an open container of the finely ground powder near the air intake system of a large building or skyscraper, a top federal advisor on bioterrorism said recently.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded approximately $9 million in new grants to enhance biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research in the United States.
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Pushed by an unprecedented scientific revolution, the future may yield biologically engineered weapons worse than any disease known to man, a report by the CIA concluded.
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To improve patient survival, the emergency physician (EP) must be knowledgeable about current concepts and controversies in the management of patients in shock. No longer can one simply rely on the presence of traditional clinical markers of shock to make the diagnosis. New and innovative monitoring techniques, as well as continually evolving treatment algorithms, are at the forefront of shock research. This article will educate and update the EP on current and future trends in the management of patients in shock. Equipped with this information, the EP more effectively can identify patients in shock, administer the latest evidence-based treatment, and ultimately improve patient outcome.
