Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Comparative Study
Comparison of types of research articles published in emergency medicine and non-emergency medicine journals.
As the specialty of emergency medicine (EM) matures, its journals should be publishing research of a quality similar to that which appears in other premier journals. ⋯ Significant differences in types of research published in EM and non-EN journals were identified.
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To characterize ambulance utilization in a pediatric population and pediatric emergency physicians' judgement of the medical need for ambulance transport. ⋯ Most pediatric ambulance transports in this sample, which excluded patients requiring immediate resuscitation or trauma team care, were judged to be medically unnecessary. Caregivers often use an ambulance as a convenience or as the only means of transportation. An alternate, less resource-intensive transportation system may be more appropriate for this population.
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To determine the frequency of visual and auditory confidentiality and privacy breaches in a university ED. ⋯ Confidentiality and privacy breaches occur in a university ED by all members of the health care team. The ED architecture and floor plan affect patient confidentiality and privacy.
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To determine the optimal initial depth of tube placement in nasotracheal intubation (NTI) of adult patients, measured at the naris, prior to obtaining a chest radiograph (CXR). ⋯ Initial placement of NTI at 26 cm in women and 28 cm in men, measured at the naris, resulted in adequate initial placement for most adult patients.
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This project reports the publication of a variety of existing curricular resources for emergency medicine on the global Internet in a format that allows hypertext links between related material, timely updates, and end-user feedback. Curricular elements were converted to Hypertext Markup Language with extensive links between related content. ⋯ Access to all or part of the document can be controlled via passwords, but is potentially available to anyone with an Internet connection and a World Wide Web browser. The document may by viewed on the World Wide Web at: http:@www.brown.edu@Administration@emergency_Medicine@ curr.html.