The American journal of emergency medicine
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This study aimed to examine how physician performance metrics are affected by the speed of other attendings (co-attendings) concurrently staffing the ED. ⋯ This study examines the association between attending and co-attending speed on physician performance and finds that physicians become faster when a slow co-attending is present and slow down when a fast co-attending is present. How this study might affect research, practice or policy: Physician behavior does not exist in isolation and how an entire ED is staffed may have implications for throughput.
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To describe changes in patient and encounter characteristics among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responses for patients ages 0-19 with firearm-related injuries. ⋯ We observed a continued upward trend in EMS encounters for firearm injuries among children and adolescents between 2018 and 2022. Injury burden disproportionately impacted minorities and socioeconomically vulnerable communities.