Articles: emergency-medicine.
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This is the 31st article in a continuing series of objectives to direct emergency medicine resident experiences on off-service rotations. Neck and torso trauma accounts for a large portion of injuries, and its management is an essential part of training in emergency medicine. Due to the often life-threatening presentations of trauma victims, resident instruction may be conducted at the bedside in difficult and demanding situations. Therefore, it is essential for residents to have specific goals and objectives to guide their acquisition of knowledge required to make critical decisions for patients with major trauma.
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To assess current emergency medicine faculty scheduling practices, preferences, and recent changes. ⋯ Residency faculty prefer and have moved toward working shorter shifts. They are also working fewer night shifts per month and fewer night shifts in a row.
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To determine: 1) the extent of emergency physicians' (EPs') training in smoking cessation counseling; 2) their understanding of counseling and pharmacologic treatment techniques; 3) their current practices in screening, counseling, and referring patients who smoke; and 4) perceived barriers to routine smoking cessation counseling in emergency medical practice. ⋯ Emergency physicians have received little training in smoking cessation and perceive many barriers to ED-based smoking cessation interventions. Not surprisingly, they infrequently take action to encourage or assist their patients to quit smoking.
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Editorial Comment
Point-of-care blood testing and cost-effective emergency medicine.