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Around 2,000 Americans younger than age 25 die each year because of sudden cardiac death.
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As of Jan. 1, 2022, accredited facilities must educate, train, monitor, and assess more often.
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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health problem worldwide. As practicing emergency physicians know, anxiety is common in emergency department patients.
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Agency notes rising number of related emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts between early 2019 and early 2021.
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Controversy emerges over recent change from “physician assistant” to “physician associate.”
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Sore throats are common! Being able to differentiate low-acuity self-limited infections from those processes that may result in sepsis or life-threatening airway compromise is critical. The author, in this two-part article, reviews the range of pathologies that may present with a sore throat.
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Management of tracheostomy emergencies requires the use of specialized knowledge, resources, and equipment. Specific complications that the emergency physician should be familiar with are discussed.
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Substance abuse is a major healthcare issue with effects on all aspects of patient care, including trauma. A large percentage of trauma patients have a positive drug screen, and acute and chronic abuse have impacts both on the acute and long-term management of these patients. This report is the first of a two-part series and focuses on stimulants and substances with sympathomimetic properties, with particular attention to the impact on the trauma patient.
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Emergency physicians who find themselves defendants do have resources — at their hospitals, from their professional liability carriers, from mental health professionals, and from specialty organizations.
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During litigation, two important questions will arise: How did the hospital keep the patient safe? Was the hospital not doing reasonable things that other hospitals were doing?
