Standoff – Law Enforcement and Healthcare
Know the laws in your state and hospital policies that govern what your responsibility is in regard to working with law enforcement.
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Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatric Emergency Practice of Medicine Retail/Urgent Care Technology
Hidden Dangers of Your Smartphone
This article is a sobering reminder that mistakes with online activity can cost one’s career. We know the obvious blunders, but this editorial explores 3 more subtle ways our smartphones could damage our reputations.
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Critical Care ED-Hospital-Clinic Operations Emergency Medicine Pediatric Emergency Practice of Medicine Retail/Urgent Care
Is There Such Thing as a Black Cloud?
There is no such thing as a “black cloud.” Those who self-identified as a black-cloud were also identified as such by their peers, but a look at the actual PED metrics showed no statistical difference except higher admission rate. I’m not sure I believe this, but there you go…
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Emergency Medicine Health Policy Pediatric Emergency Practice of Medicine Retail/Urgent Care Surgery
She’s My Surgeon – Female vs. Male Surgical Outcomes
Female surgeons had small but significantly improved 30-day mortality and other surgical outcomes over male surgeons, all other factors being equal.
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What Brings You In Today? 5 Reasons Why People Seek Emergency Care
Why do people seek emergency or urgent care? This quick systematic review of the literature identified 5 reasons.
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Is Racism Affecting Our Clinical Decisions?
Implicit racial bias is likely influencing us in the ED, but whether that translates into impacting clinical decision making remains to be seen.
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Our Job IS Interruptions – How to Manage Them
Managing interruptions by delaying or rejecting the interruption may improve safety when they occur during critical tasks.
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How the Opioid Epidemic Began and One Way to End It
ED opioid policies can make a big impact on prescribing patterns in a group of providers and help curb the current epidemic of opiate abuse.
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Tortoise or Hare – Which Resident Wins?
The ED workflow has unavoidable peak hours in volume. The key is improving off-peak hours by pushing ourselves to see new patients while managing existing ones.
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Boomer Bouncebacks – Discharge Vitals Matter
Pay attention to discharge vitals, especially in patients over age 65; they predict bouncebacks.