Articles: emergency-services.
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Noninvasive continuous blood pressure monitoring has the potential to improve patient treatment in the hospital setting. Such noninvasive devices can be applied earlier in the treatment process to empower nurses and clinicians to react more quickly to patient deterioration with the added benefit of eliminating the risks associated with invasive monitoring. However, emerging technologies must be capable of reproducing current clinical measures for medical decision making. ⋯ Taken together, the tested device requires additional postprocessing for medical decision making in trauma or emergent care.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jul 2024
Catching Suicide Before It Harms: Universal Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 10 to 24 years. We aim to assess the effectiveness of universal suicide screening in a pediatric ED. ⋯ Several patients who screened positive for suicide risk did not present with a mental health concern. Nearly half of screen-positive children who were admitted for mental health concerns had been seen in the ED in the year before their visit. Initiation of universal suicide screening in the pediatric ED identified a significant number of children with unrecognized suicide risk.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jul 2024
Impact of a Mental Health Screening Process in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
The aim of this study was to describe how specific mental health-trained social workers can assist in the evaluations and follow-up of patients presenting with mental health concerns in the pediatric emergency department (ED). ⋯ Despite an increasing number of patients presenting to the ED with mental health crisis, safe and efficient management is possible with ED staff-social worker partnership. This approach can ensure that eligible patients receive consistent and evidence-based evaluations and can allow ED clinicians to respond to medical emergencies that require their attention.