Insights on “Alarm Fatigue”
The term “alarm fatigue” refers to when clinicians are desensitized by alarms, many of which sound...
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Emergency Medicine
Dating Violence Among Adolescent ED Visits
Adolescent and young adult dating violence, which encompasses both victimization and aggression,...
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Disability Among the Elderly
The following depicts the population aged 65 and older by number of disabilities and age, based on...
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Age and the Trauma Surgeon
I’m on day 5 of an 8-day run of Port-and-Starboard trauma call (Navy talk for every other night)...
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Hello Darkness My Old Friend
My friend Nick, the ER doctor, called me the other day to tell me that one of my patients had died...
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Doctors Make Mistakes – Video
Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine’s culture of denial...
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Organ Donation in the ED
Emergency physicians (EPs) are at the forefront of efforts to save patients or preserve options...
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Tackling Binge Drinking With Text Messages
Each year, more than 50,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 24 visit EDs, and about half have...
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ED Return Visits: The Patient Perspective
Reducing “unnecessary” use of the hospital has become an important initiative nationwide, but...
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Can Patients Chew Gum Immediately Before Surgery?
A study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in October of...
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Arrival Times & STEMI Outcomes
For patients that are presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), national...
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Screening for Delirium in EDs: Seeking Validation
About 10% of older adults who seek care in EDs throughout the United States experience delirium....
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An Update on Secondary Stroke Prevention
In 2014, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) updated guidelines...
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Detecting Acute HIV in the ED
Detecting HIV in the acute stage is important because patients are highly infectious at that time...
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A Question About Today’s Standard of Care
To all of my medical friends and colleagues, especially to PA’s, NP’s, and Nurses, I need some...
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Non-Specific Abdominal Pain: Analyzing Repeat ED Use
Research has shown that many patients in the United States present to the ED with gastrointestinal...
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Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence-Infographic
In a survey published in the May 2014 Journal of Emergency Nursing, nearly 800 participants...
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“Doctor Shopping” After Orthopedic Trauma
Recent reports have shown that the negative consequences of narcotic use are increasing, and...
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Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence
ED nurses are too commonly exposed to workplace violence, according to findings of a study...
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