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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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While experts argue whether it is a prudent pause or a dangerous delay, one thing is clear: National smallpox immunization efforts have ground to a virtual stop with some 38,000 health care workers immunized.
