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Warning Signs an EP’s Defense Strategy Conflicts with Co-defendant’s
If an emergency physician suspects a co-defendant is complicating his or her own defense in any way, it’s important to convey this concern to the attorney and insurance representative.
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Remove Non-emergent Patients from the ED with Care
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Shoulder Trauma
MONOGRAPH: The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the human body. It's also a prime target for traumatic injury.
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Advances in Pediatric Abdominal Trauma: What’s New in Assessment and Management
This article will cover major points the provider needs to know to appropriately manage a child with potential abdominal trauma, including the acute resuscitation and specific organ injury management.
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Best Practices, Investments Needed to Communicate Effectively with LEP Patients
Experts note the emergency setting is ‘a cauldron of difficulties’ when it comes to communicating effectively with limited English proficiency patients.
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Optimal Teams and Performance Feedback Drive Improvements in Processing Measures
To get staff buy-in, ED administrators note personnel should understand the reasoning behind performance initiatives.
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Tragedies Provide Learning Opportunities
With mass-casualty events on the rise, a new emergency medicine-driven task force addresses training, operations, and clinical care.
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The Night Dallas Seemed More Like Afghanistan
On the front lines of the response to another mass shooting, emergency personnel likened the hospital environment to a war zone.
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New Center Focuses on Improving Emergency Care for Children
The Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center will ensure every child has access to pediatric emergency care or urgent care.
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Pediatric Visceral Trauma
Trauma patients are often very difficult to assess, particularly young children.This article reviews trauma in children. It reminds us that children are not little adults. Their injury pattern and their response to injury are unique.