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Emergency Department Tracheostomy
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1988Emergency Department tracheostomy is performed in the rare instances of extensive laryngeal trauma in the adult and emergent airway access in the infant. This article reviews indications, anatomy, technique, and complications of this challenging life-saving procedure.
J J, Piotrowski, E E, Moore
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Pediatric emergency departments
Pediatric Emergency Care, 1986Pediatric emergency departments were surveyed by mail to determine the following patient and physician characteristics: census, triage classification, and staffing characteristics. The average number of patient visits per department per year was 44,615 (SD +/- 15,650).
J D, Losek, C, Walsh-Kelly, P W, Glaeser
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Emergency department thoracotomy
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1981Emergency thoracotomy has become a mainstay in the resuscitation of patients with major thoracic injuries. It also is occasionally useful in several other life-threatening conditions. The specific indications for emergency thoracotomy are reviewed, and expeditious thoracotomy in the emergency department, when necessary, is advocated.
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Emergency Medicine Journal, 2012
BackgroundEmergency department (ED) crowding is a significant international problem. There is increasing overseas research into this field. In the UK, the focus has been on waiting times in EDs, and on the government's 4 h standard, rather than on crowding itself.AimsTo examine the causes and effects of ED crowding, along with solutions.
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BackgroundEmergency department (ED) crowding is a significant international problem. There is increasing overseas research into this field. In the UK, the focus has been on waiting times in EDs, and on the government's 4 h standard, rather than on crowding itself.AimsTo examine the causes and effects of ED crowding, along with solutions.
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The Geriatric Emergency Department
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2014This article presents an overview of the complex needs of older patients presenting to the emergency department for care. Discussion points for hospital communities considering emergency services to accommodate the aging population are highlighted. The essential components of a geriatric emergency department, including transition of care strategies ...
Mark, Rosenberg, Lynne, Rosenberg
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1998
[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413].
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[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413].
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2018
Abstract This chapter explores the emergency department, including trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acutely painful limb emergency, acute limb pain, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, burns and burns emergency, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension emergency, hypotension, shock ...
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Abstract This chapter explores the emergency department, including trauma, head injury, neck injury, falls and collapse, acutely painful limb emergency, acute limb pain, chronic limb pain, limb swelling, joint pain, neck lumps, ENT, groin lumps, burns and burns emergency, anaphylaxis in adults, hypotension emergency, hypotension, shock ...
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Planning Today's Emergency Department
The American Journal of Nursing, 1972orderly in each room. Medical coverage was provided by a nurse on duty and a member of the house staff, often on call. Control of all activities was through a central nurses' station at the entrance. This WPA prototype was functional in its day, but today it is not.
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Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2015Hypertension affects approximately one-third of Americans. An additional 30% are unaware that they harbor the disease. Significantly increased blood pressure constitutes a hypertensive emergency that could lead to end-organ damage. When organs such as the brain, heart, or kidney are affected, an intervention that will lower the blood pressure in ...
Omoyemi, Adebayo, Robert L, Rogers
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Emergency department sonography by emergency physicians
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1989A retrospective study was conducted to examine whether emergency physicians can perform accurate ultrasonography that influences the diagnosis and treatment of selected disorders in the emergency department (ED). The physicians acquired a moderate level of expertise in sonography using a series of practical demonstrations and lectures.
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