Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Emergency department (ED) crowding negatively affects quality of care and disproportionately affects medium-acuity (Emergency Severity Index [ESI] level 3) patients. The effect of a dedicated area in the ED focused on these patients has not been well studied. ⋯ Implementation of a midtrack area dedicated to caring for uncomplicated medium-acuity (ESI 3) patients was associated with a decrease in overall ED LWBS rates and ED LOS for medium-acuity patients.
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The purpose of developing a core content for subspecialty training in clinical ultrasonography (US) is to standardize the education and qualifications required to provide oversight of US training, clinical use, and administration to improve patient care. This core content would be mastered by a fellow as a separate and unique postgraduate training, beyond that obtained during an emergency medicine (EM) residency or during medical school. ⋯ Additionally, it is intended to inform fellowship directors and candidates for certification of the full range of content that might appear in future examinations. This article describes the development of the core content and presents the core content in its entirety.
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Editorial Comment
Recurrent ED Visits by Children: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Review Meta Analysis
No Benefit to Prehospital Initiation of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Initiating therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest pre-hospital does not improve survival or neurological outcome.
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