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You should add a D for disability caused by neurological deficits to the A, B, C tenets of airway, breathing, and circulation. Your goal is to determine if the patient is awake, alert, and oriented.
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When the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations looked at delays in treatment, 23 of 29 ED-related cases involved misdiagnosis, and meningitis was missed in seven of these cases, according to a Sentinel Event Alert.
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A recent study looked at 1,532 children treated in a pediatric ED and found that one in 10 had a medication error. The most common cause of the drug errors were mistakes in dosages. Unlike adults, children receive every single medication calculated on a per-weight basis.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines enable ED managers to determine the necessary number of direct care full-time equivalents required to provide care to patients seeking emergency care.
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Interventions in the ED can have a significant impact on whether domestic violence victims receive ongoing community-based services, says this study from State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Here are vital management tips you must know to address growing caseloads from five top club drugs - MDMA, ketamine, 2C-T-7, GHB, and dextromethorphan.
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If congestive heart failure is misdiagnosed in your ED and the B-type natriuretic peptide test was not available, you could face increased liability risks, according to some cardiovascular experts.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines was tested using data from more than 30 volunteer EDs from across the United States with a range of patient volumes and facility types.
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By the time people come to case managers for geriatric care management, they already have dealt with the system and have a lot of frustrations and misinformation.
