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Do you find that paper resources such as measurement tapes, dosage charts, and clinical pathways often are missing in your ED? If so, try enclosing these items in two panels of an 1/8-inch thick plastic, suggests Teri Howick, RN, nurse educator for the ED at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT.
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If you suspect a patient has a substance abuse problem, what do you do next? A first step may be to obtain blood alcohol levels or toxicology screens, says Darlene Matsuoka, RN, BSN, CEN, CCRN, clinical nurse educator for the ED at Seattle-based Harborview Medical Center.
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If primary angioplasty is not available at your facility, are acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients transferred so that they can receive this lifesaving intervention?
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After a young woman felt symptoms of an allergic reaction coming on, she went to the grocery store and bought a bottle of antihistamine, recalls Shelley Cohen, RN, CEN, a consultant and educator with Health Resources Unlimited in Hohenwald, TN.
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Do you know how to tell a case of ordinary flu from inhalational anthrax? Failing to do so can have potentially devastating consequences for your ED.
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It has been estimated that one-third of adults in the United States use herbal products and spend more than $3 billion annually on these supplements.
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The left-without-being-seen patients: What would keep them from leaving?; Emergency department analgesia for fracture pain
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Health care workers who were vaccinated as children may be protected against fatal smallpox infection even if they declined to participate in recent immunization efforts, according to a recent study.
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