Emergency Medicine
Commentary
Part 4: Misguided Research or Missed Opportunities?
Wondering whether new data on NPs and PAs in the emergency department is suggestive of a “turf war,” Marie-Eileen Onieal concludes that while...
Commentary
Part 3: Getting to the Scope of the Problem
NPs and PAs are established providers in the emergency department. Marie-Eileen Onieal wonders if the researchers had a ulterior motive for...
Commentary
Part 2: Whose Bill Is It, Anyway?
In this week’s installment, Marie-Eileen Onieal and an “expert panel” of emergency department colleagues raise questions about how billing is...
Commentary
Part 1: The Study in Question
A recent study found that 25% of NPs and PAs practicing in emergency departments are seeing patients with the highest severity illness and injury...
Conference Coverage
Glyceryl trinitrate does not improve outcomes of ischemic stroke
HONOLULU – Although treatment reduced blood pressure, it did not reduce disability at 90 days, compared with sham....
Medicolegal Issues
Today’s Care Must Extend Beyond the Exam Room
In today’s world, health care providers and organizations are expected to take responsibility for a patient’s well-being. If you send a patient...
Conference Coverage
Most U.S. tPA-eligible stroke patients now get treated within an hour
The most recent phase of the Target: Stroke program met its tPA delivery-time target in September 2018.
Conference Coverage
Medical advice prompts unneeded emergency visits by AF patients
BOSTON – Unnecessary ED visits by asymptomatic atrial fibrillation patients are often linked with prior medical advice received.
News
Stryker issues voluntary field action for Lifepak 15 defibrillators
The field action includes 13,003 devices.
News
FDA approves sufentanil for adults with acute pain
The opioid is to used for only adult patients in settings that are closely controlled.