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When is an emergency department not an emergency department?

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2002
EDITOR—Recently, a young couple, equipped with backpacks and bedrolls, walked into our local accident and emergency department at about 11 pm, climbed into sleeping bags, and set their alarm clock. Early next morning, roused by their alarm, the couple rolled up their bags and left. What was the explanation for this behaviour?
Sue, Collinson, Trevor, Turner
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The Geriatric Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2014
This 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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Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2015
Hypertension 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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Headache in the Emergency Department

Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2011
Emergency-medicine clinical researchers concentrate on optimizing diagnostic workups and treatment protocols, as well as improving throughput in an emergency department. This past year has yielded a wealth of clinical research focused on headache, which should streamline the diagnostic workup of nontraumatic headaches (particularly the search for ...
Benjamin W, Friedman, Richard B, Lipton
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Structure and function of the emergency department: matching emergency department choices to the emergency department mission

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2004
Emergency caregivers experience considerable new challenges to the provision of competent, compassionate care. The good news is there are ample new approaches and new technologies to meet those new challenges.ED leaders who understand the ED mission and the resources available today and who engage vigorously in the change process will turn that mission
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Violence in the emergency department

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2011
Violence towards staff is of serious concern across health-care services. Health professionals are one of the most likely groups to experience violence and aggression in the workplace (Table 1), second only to the protective service occupations: Language ...
Sarah, Voss, Tom, Llyod, Olivia, Joyner, Julian, Lousada, Nigel, Caldwell, Jonathan, Benger   +5 more
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Emergency Department Thoracotomy

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2008
Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is defined as a thoracotomy performed in the emergency department for patients who are in extremis. The goals of the procedure are to treat pericardial tamponade, control hemorrhage, treat systemic air embolism, perform open cardiac massage and temporarily occlude the thoracic aorta.
Juan C, Mejia, Ronald M, Stewart, Stephen M, Cohn   +2 more
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Shock in the emergency department

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1976
Shock continues to be associated with a high mortality rate primarily because of delays in diagnosis and therapy. To diagnose shock early, and thereby increase the chances of reversal before there is extensive deterioration of vital organs, one should look for any decrease in pulse pressure, urine output, urine sodium concentration, alertness or any ...
R F, Wilson, J A, Wilson, D, Gibson, W J, Sibbald   +3 more
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The Role of the Emergency Department

New England Journal of Medicine, 1996
Emergency department care for patients whose problems are not true emergencies has become a fashionable scapegoat for the ills of the health care system in the United States. Such care is considered wasteful and expensive and is therefore a prime target for cost-cutting efforts by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other insurers.1,2 In 1992 ...
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Echocardiography in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2009
Point-of-care echocardiography using portable machines is an exciting development in emergency medicine. Recent improvements in ultrasound quality mean that emergency physicians are finding echocardiography useful in a variety of clinical settings.
J, Wright, R, Jarman, J, Connolly, P, Dissmann   +3 more
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