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Freestanding emergency departments tend to be located in areas with significantly higher household incomes

Freestanding ERs More Likely in Areas With Higher Incomes

Areas with freestanding ERs have significantly higher household incomes that those without
An electronic triage system based on machine learning can predict the likelihood of acute outcomes

Electronic Triage System Risk-Stratifies ER Patients

E-triage better than Emergency Severity Index at identifying risk of critical care, emergency procedure

September 2017 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for September 2017. This roundup includes the...
For patients with gunshot or stab wounds

Private Vehicle Transport Cuts Death After Penetrating Injury

Private vehicle transport linked to lower odds of death than emergency medical services transport
Many physicians do not provide firearm injury prevention information in the emergency department

AAP: Few Doctors Provide Firearm Injury Prevention Info in ER

Barriers include political restraint, lack of physician awareness, and legal constraints
A series of mystery patient drills was used to assess the emergency department response to patients with communicable disease of public health concern in New York City; the results were published in the Sept. 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Drills Assess ER Response to Communicable Disease

Median time from entry to masking was 1.5 minutes; from entry to isolation was 8.5 minutes
Opioid dependence/abuse is a critical public health issue among children in the United States

AAP: Opioid Dependence/Abuse Public Health Issue for Children

ER visits for opioid dependence/abuse increased from 32,235 in 2008 to 49,626 in 2013
Mental health and dental conditions account for a significant number of "avoidable" emergency department visits

Mental Health, Dental Issues Top Avoidable ER Visits

Significant number of avoidable visits are for conditions the ER can't treat
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help

August 2017 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for August 2017. This roundup includes the...