Opioid Abuse & Mortality Trends
Over the past two decades, research has shown that rates of abuse and diversion of opioid...
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Emergency Medicine
Concussion Season: Why We Need to Do Better
The NFL season kicked off this month but with it, we return back to concussion season. Most people...
Read MoreED Revisits & Mortality After Falls
Researchers in Boston indicate that more than one-third of older adult ED fall patients appear to revisit the ED revisit within 1 year and are at greater risk of death. Among patients who were an average age of 78.6 years old,...
Read MoreTrends in Syncope-Related Resource Utilization
The amount of resources used for ED visits with syncope appears to have increased in recent years despite substantial efforts to optimize this utilization, according to a study. Between 2001 and 2010, admission rates ranged from...
Read MorePatient Perspectives on Acute Pain Management in the ED
Patients discharged from an urban ED after presenting with acute pain from fractures, renal colic, or musculoskeletal back injuries appear to receive little communication from ED providers regarding opioid dependence or...
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An Update on Poisonings Presenting to EDs
In the United States, deaths from drug overdose have become a leading cause of injury-related...
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Unprofessional Medical Staff Behavior
In 2009, the Joint Commission Leadership Standard issued a mandate stating that leaders need to...
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Surgery: Things Left Behind
I got the call from the radiologist at midday, just as I was about to start my third case in the...
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Resuscitation Training Improves Outcomes
A statewide educational intervention on resuscitation training appears to have increased the...
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CPR Training Improves Outcomes
A statewide educational intervention on resuscitation training appears to have increased the...
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Positive Effects With a Patient Handoff Program
To enhance patient safety, many institutions have made improving patient handoffs a priority but...
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Tobacco Screening & Counseling in the Pediatric ED
Previous studies have shown that the pediatric ED tends to underuse parental tobacco screening and...
Read MoreVital Sign Communication at ED Handoff
A New England research team has found that nearly one in every seven ED handoffs appears to lack communication about patients having hypotension or hypoxia. Among episodes of hypotension and hypoxia, 42% and 74%, respectively,...
Read MoreBenefits of Color-Coded, Prefilled Syringes
Use of color-coded, prefilled syringes appears to decrease the time to medication administration and significantly reduce critical dosing errors by emergency providers during simulated pediatric ED resuscitations, according to a...
Read MoreSeat Belt Laws & MVC Fatalities
States with seat belt laws that allow motor vehicle occupants to be ticketed solely for not wearing seat belts (primary) appear to have lower motor vehicle crash (MVC) fatalities rates than states with laws that allow ticketing...
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Residents, Attendings, & ED Resource Use
Research suggests that it costs more to provide care at academic medical centers in the United...
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The Demand for Emergency Care
The CDC’s most recent National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey revealed that EDs in the...
Read MoreA New Screening Tool for Drug Use
A screening instrument for drug use that uses only two questions appears to have excellent statistical properties for screening for drug use, according to a study. The screening tool asks patients about days of drug use (other...
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Kidney Stone Guidelines
Nephrolithiasis—a condition more commonly known as kidney stones—occurs in about 13% of men and 7%...
Read MorePredicting Septic Shock
Among ED patients with sepsis who progress to septic shock between 4 and 48 hours of arrival, special consideration should be given to those with certain characteristics, according to a study. Predictors included: Female gender...
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