Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Pediatric endotracheal (ET) tubes can be accurately selected based on body length using a specialized emergency tape. ⋯ A system for length-based selection of emergency equipment represents a significant adjunct to emergency physicians and paramedics who must deal with critically ill children. Length-based ET tube selection is clearly superior to age-based rules, which are difficult to remember and require accurate estimation of a patient's age.
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Pediatric emergency care · Aug 1992
Proposal for an administrative curriculum in pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training.
Administrative tasks make up a significant component of the practice of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians. Our survey of 10 academic pediatric emergency departments revealed that PEM physicians who are primarily clinical spent an average of 15% of their time on administrative tasks, and PEM physicians whose positions are administrative as well as clinical spent 30 to 60% of their time on administrative tasks. ⋯ It is incumbent upon pediatric emergency fellowship programs to provide an inclusive and well-structured administrative curriculum for their trainees. This article suggests a framework for such a curriculum.
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Formal data are lacking regarding emergency departments in academic medical centers, particularly those without an emergency medicine residency program. The Education Committee of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine conducted a survey to define a national profile of academic emergency medicine. ⋯ This article provides the first comprehensive profile of emergency medicine in the Association of American Medical Colleges academic medical centers. Programs with emergency medicine residency programs provided more 24-hour attending coverage, had more emergency medicine board-certified faculty, and reported less difficulty recruiting additional faculty than institutions with no emergency medicine residency program. Both need to expand their undergraduate educational activities. Many institutions with no emergency medicine residency program are attempting to develop emergency medicine residency programs.