Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
Benzodiazepines, Antipsychotics Often Recommended as ‘Trip Killers’
Trip killers were mainly discussed in reference to LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Social Determinants of Health Needs More Likely for Patients With ED Encounters
SDOH needs more likely in emergency department encounters, despite significantly lower screening rates in emergency department versus primary care
Racial Differences Seen in Receipt of Lifesaving Stroke Treatments
Black patients less likely to receive tissue plasminogen activator and endovascular thrombectomy than White patients
Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen in ED Discharge Against Medical Advice
In unadjusted analyses, Black and Hispanic patients have increased odds of emergency department discharge against medical advice
Peer-to-Peer E-Consults Save Money for Pediatric Trauma Patients
Study models costs of telemedicine intervention to ambulance transfers
High-Powered Magnet Ingestion Still Sending Children to Hospital
Some disparities seen in injury, treatment, and outcomes based on neighborhood opportunity scores
AAP: Children Most Likely to Present to ED With Burns From Hair Styling Tools
65.1 percent of the injured subjects were female, and about 68 percent were younger than 10 years
Cancer Patients May Overly Self-Refer to Emergency Department
Patients may be using factors other than clinical severity to determine their need for emergency care
Race, Sex, Age Influence Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits
Visits higher among adolescents versus children, girls than boys, and for Black non-Hispanics versus Hispanics
Disparities Seen in Prehospital Pain Care of Traumatic Injuries
Non-White patients less likely to receive analgesia