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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527390/national-variation-in-ems-response-and-antiepileptic-medication-administration-for-children-with-seizures-in-the-prehospital-setting
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maytal T Firnberg, E Brooke Lerner, Nan Nan, Chang-Xing Ma, Manish I Shah, N Clay Mann, Peter S Dayan
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Prehospital Advanced Life Support (ALS) is important to improve patient outcomes in children with seizures, yet data is limited regarding national prehospital variation in ALS response for these children. We aimed to determine the variation in ALS response and prehospital administration of antiepileptic medication for children with seizures across the United States. METHODS: We analyzed children <19 years with 9-1-1 dispatch codes for seizure in the 2019 National Emergency Medical Services Information System dataset...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527386/social-determinants-of-health-screening-at-an-urban-emergency-department-urgent-care-during-covid-19
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Haeyeon Hong, Kalpana Narayan Shankar, Andrew Thompson, Pablo Buitron De La Vega, Rashmi Koul, Emily C Cleveland Manchanda, Sorraya Jaiprasert, Samantha Roberts, Tyler Pina, Emily Anderson, Jessica Lin, Gabrielle A Jacquet
INTRODUCTION: Social determinants of health (SDoH) impact patients' health outcomes, yet screening methods in emergency departments (ED) are not consistent or standardized. The SDoH-related health disparities may have widened during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, especially among patients who primarily receive their medical care in EDs. We sought to identify SDoH among ED urgent care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban safety-net hospital, assess the impact of the pandemic on their SDoH, study the feasibility of SDoH screening and resource referrals, and identify preferred methods of resource referrals and barriers to accessing resources...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527383/contribution-of-15-years-2007-2022-of-indo-us-training-partnerships-to-the-emergency-physician-workforce-capacity-in-india
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joseph D Ciano, Katherine Douglass, Kevin J Davey, Shweta Gidwani, Ankur Verma, Sanjay Jaiswal, John Acerra
BACKGROUND: Indo-US Masters in Emergency Medicine (MEM) certification courses are rigorous three-year emergency medicine (EM) training courses that operate as a partnership between affiliate hospitals or universities in the United States with established EM training programs and local partner sites in India. Throughout their 15 years of operation, these global training partnerships have contributed to the EM workforce in India. Our objective in this study was to describe Indo-US MEM program graduates, their work environments, and their contribution to the growth of academic EM and to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527378/violence-and-abuse-a-pandemic-within-a-pandemic
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Paula J Whiteman, Wendy L Macias-Konstantopoulos, Pryanka Relan, Anita Knopov, Megan L Ranney, Ralph J Riviello
INTRODUCTION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, as society struggled with increasing disease burden, economic hardships, and with disease morbidity and mortality, governments and institutions began implementing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to help stop the spread of the virus. Although well-intentioned, one unintended adverse consequence was an increase in violence, abuse, and neglect. METHODS: We reviewed the literature on the effect the pandemic had on domestic violence, child and elder abuse and neglect, human trafficking, and gun violence...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527376/arterial-monitoring-in-hypertensive-emergencies-significance-for-the-critical-care-resuscitation-unit
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Quincy K Tran, Dominique Gelmann, Manahel Zahid, Jamie Palmer, Grace Hollis, Emily Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Zain Alam, Ann Elizabeth Matta, Emily Hart, Daniel J Haase
INTRODUCTION: Blood pressure measurement is important for treating patients. It is known that there is a discrepancy between cuff blood pressure vs arterial blood pressure measurement. However few studies have explored the clinical significance of discrepancies between cuff (CPB) vs arterial blood pressure (ABP). Our study investigated whether differences in CBP and ABP led to change in management for patients with hypertensive emergencies and factors associated with this change. METHODS: This prospective observational study included adult patients admitted between January 2019-May 2021 to a resuscitation unit with hypertensive emergencies...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527375/haboob-dust-storms-and-motor-vehicle-collision-related-trauma-in-phoenix-arizona
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael B Henry, Michael Mozer, Jerome J Rogich, Kyle Farrell, Jonathan W Sachs, Jordan Selzer, Vatsal Chikani, Gail Bradley, Geoff Comp
BACKGROUND: The Sonoran Desert region, encompassing most of southern Arizona, has an extreme climate that is famous for dust storms known as haboobs. These storms lead to decreased visibility and potentially hazardous driving conditions. In this study we evaluate the relationship between haboob events and emergency department (ED) visits due to motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) in Phoenix, Arizona. METHODS: This study is a retrospective analysis of MVC-related trauma presentations to Phoenix, AZ, hospitals before and following haboob dust storms...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527394/a-virtual-national-diversity-mentoring-initiative-to-promote-inclusion-in-emergency-medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tatiana Carrillo, Lorena Martinez Rodriguez, Adaira Landry, Al'ai Alvarez, Alyssa Ceniza, Riane Gay, Andrea Green, Jessica Faiz
INTRODUCTION: Trainees underrepresented in medicine (URiM) face additional challenges seeking community in predominantly white academic spaces, as they juggle the effects of institutional, interpersonal, and internalized racism while undergoing medical training. To offer support and a space to share these unique experiences, mentorship for URiM trainees is essential. However, URiM trainees have limited access to mentorship from URiM faculty. To address this gap, we developed a national virtual mentoring program that paired URiM trainees interested in emergency medicine (EM) with experienced mentors...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527393/a-national-snapshot-of-social-determinants-of-health-documentation-in-emergency-departments
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caitlin R Ryus, Alexander T Janke, Rachel L Granovsky, Michael A Granovsky
INTRODUCTION: Documentation and measurement of social determinants of health (SDoH) are critical to clinical care and to healthcare delivery system reforms targeting health equity. The SDoH are codified in the International Classification of Disease 10th Rev (ICD-10) Z codes. However, Z codes are listed in only 1-2% of inpatient charts. Little is known about the frequency of Z code utilization specifically among emergency department (ED) patient populations nationally. METHODS: This was a repeated cross-sectional analysis of ED visit data in the United States from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample from 2016-2019...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527387/impact-of-faculty-incentivization-on-resident-evaluations
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Viral Patel, Alexandra Nordberg, Richard Church, Jennifer L Carey
INTRODUCTION: In the Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Emergency Medicine, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires frequent and routine feedback. It is a common challenge for program leadership to obtain adequate and effective summative evaluations. METHODS: This is a retrospective, case-crossover, interventional study conducted in an academic medical center. This study occurred over a two-year period, with an intervention between years one and two...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527385/skin-tone-and-gender-of-high-fidelity-simulation-manikins-in-emergency-medicine-residency-training-and-their-use-in-cultural-humility-training
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marie Anderson Wofford, Cortlyn Brown, Bernard Walston, Heidi Whiteside, Joseph Rigdon, Philip Turk
INTRODUCTION: It is important for physicians to learn how to provide culturally sensitive care. Cultural humility is defined as a lifelong process with a goal of fixing power imbalances and creating institutional accountability through learning about another's culture as well as performing self-exploration about one's own beliefs, identities, and biases. One way to teach cultural humility in medicine is simulation. However, there are no peer-reviewed published studies that examine whether the skin tone or gender of the high-fidelity simulation manikins (HFSM) used by emergency medicine (EM) residency programs reflects the US population nor whether high-fidelity simulation is used to teach cultural humility...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527382/perception-of-quiet-students-in-emergency-medicine-an-exploration-of-narratives-in-the-standardized-letter-of-evaluation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
John K Quinn, Jillian Mongelluzzo, Alyssa Nip, Joseph Graterol, Esther H Chen
INTRODUCTION: The Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) is designed to assist emergency medicine (EM) residency programs in differentiating applicants and in selecting those to interview. The SLOE narrative component summarizes the student's clinical skills as well as their non-cognitive attributes. The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to explore how students described in the SLOE as quiet are perceived by faculty and to better understand how this may impact their residency candidacy...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527374/impact-of-care-initiation-model-on-emergency-department-orders-and-operational-metrics-cohort-study
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Andy Hung-Yi Lee, Rebecca E Cash, Alice Bukhman, Dana Im, Damarcus Baymon, Leon D Sanchez, Paul C Chen
INTRODUCTION: Emergency departments (ED) employ many strategies to address crowding and prolonged wait times. They include front-end Care Initiation and clinician-in-triage models that start the diagnostic and therapeutic process while the patient waits for a care space in the ED. The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of a Care Initiation model on resource utilization and operational metrics in the ED. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of ED visits at our institution during October 2021...
July 12, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527389/community-paramedicine-intervention-reduces-hospital-readmission-and-emergency-department-utilization-for-patients-with-cardiopulmonary-conditions
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aaron Burnett, Sandi Wewerka, Paula Miller, Ann Majerus, John Clark, Landon Crippes, Tia Radant
OBJECTIVE: Patients discharged from the hospital with diagnoses of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure or acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have high rates of readmission. We sought to quantify the impact of a community paramedicine (CP) intervention on hospital readmission and emergency department (ED) and clinic utilization for patients discharged with these conditions and to calculate the difference in healthcare costs. METHODS: This was a prospective, observational cohort study with a matched historical control...
July 10, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527379/flow-through-the-emergency-department-for-patients-presenting-with-substance-use-disorder-in-alberta-canada
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jonah Edmundson, Kevin Skoblenick, Rhonda J Rosychuk
INTRODUCTION: Since 2016 the province of Alberta, Canada, has seen a significant increase in substance use disorder (SUD) presentations to the emergency department (ED) with a large surge during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this retrospective study we deconstruct the total length of stay (LOS) in the ED into stages for patients presenting with SUD and estimate the effects of covariates on the time to transition between stages. METHODS: Using the Canadian Coding Standards for International Classification of Diseases, 10th Modification, codes F10...
July 7, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527373/applying-a-smartwatch-to-predict-work-related-fatigue-for-emergency-healthcare-professionals-machine-learning-method
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sot Shih-Hung Liu, Cheng-Jiun Ma, Fan-Ya Chou, Michelle Yuan-Chiao Cheng, Chih-Hung Wang, Chu-Lin Tsai, Wei-Jou Duh, Chien-Hua Huang, Feipei Lai, Tsung-Chien Lu
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals frequently experience work-related fatigue, which may jeopardize their health and put patient safety at risk. In this study, we applied a machine learning (ML) approach based on data collected from a smartwatch to construct prediction models of work-related fatigue for emergency clinicians. METHODS: We conducted this prospective study at the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary teaching hospital from March 10-June 20, 2021, where we recruited physicians, nurses, and nurse practitioners...
July 7, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527392/disparities-in-emergency-department-naloxone-and-buprenorphine-initiation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joan Papp, Charles Emerman
INTRODUCTION: Prescribing of buprenorphine and naloxone in the emergency department (ED) has been shown to be an effective intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of prescribing of naloxone and buprenorphine and the sub-groups that may be more or less likely to receive treatment. METHODS: We used a national electronic health record database to identify patients with opioid poisoning or overdose presenting between January 2019-December 2021...
June 30, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527391/utility-of-supraclavicular-brachial-plexus-block-for-anterior-shoulder-dislocation-could-it-be-useful
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EDITORIAL
Michael Shalaby, Melissa Smith, Lam Tran, Robert Farrow
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
June 30, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527388/a-real-world-experience-retrospective-review-of-point-of-care-ultrasound-utilization-and-quality-in-community-emergency-departments
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Courtney M Smalley, Erin L Simon, McKinsey R Muir, Baruch S Fertel
INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is commonly used in the emergency department (ED) as a rapid diagnostic tool. Emergency medicine (EM) has been an early adopter of POCUS with indications expanding over the last 10 years. While the literature describes widespread use among academic sites, there is little data on clinical POCUS utilization at non-academic EDs. We sought to describe community emergency physician (EP) use of POCUS by quantifying the number and type of studies performed, characteristics of the performing physician, and quality metrics...
June 30, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527384/single-step-optimization-in-triaging-large-vessel-occlusion-strokes-identifying-factors-to-improve-door-to-groin-time-for-endovascular-therapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joshua Rawson, Ashley Petrone, Amelia Adcock
INTRODUCTION: Although acute stroke endovascular therapy (EVT) has dramatically improved outcomes in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with large vessel occlusions (LVO), access to EVT-capable centers remains limited, particularly in rural areas. Therefore, it is essential to optimize triage systems for EVT-eligible patients. One strategy may be the use of a telestroke network that typically consists of multiple spoke sites that receive a consultation to determine appropriateness of patient transfer to an EVT-capable hub site...
June 30, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37527380/block-time-a-multispecialty-systematic-review-of-efficacy-and-safety-of-ultrasound-guided-upper-extremity-nerve-blocks
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REVIEW
Campbell Belisle Haley, Andrew R Beauchesne, John Christian Fox, Ariana M Nelson
INTRODUCTION: Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade is a common pain management strategy to decrease perioperative pain and opioid/general anesthetic use. In this article our goal was to systematically review publications supporting upper extremity nerve blocks distal to the brachial plexus. We assessed the efficacy and safety of median, ulnar, radial, suprascapular, and axillary nerve blocks by reviewing previous studies. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE and Embase databases to capture studies investigating these nerve blocks across all specialties...
June 30, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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