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Taking a short break to interact with therapy dogs or color mandalas decreases stress levels in emergency medicine providers

Dogs, Coloring Lower Stress in Emergency Department Workers

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In a prospective trial, five minutes spent coloring or with therapy dogs lowered provider cortisol levels
An initiative to add social workers to rural primary care teams increases social work encounters among veterans and reduces hospital admissions and emergency department visits among high-risk patients

Adding Social Workers to Care Teams Can Cut Hospital Admissions for Veterans

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Initiative to add social workers to rural primary care teams also reduces ED visits for high-risk veterans
Certain patient and presentation factors increase the likelihood of a missed appendicitis diagnosis in the emergency department

Risk Factors for Missed Appendicitis Diagnosis Identified

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6 percent of adults and 4.4 percent of children misdiagnosed during initial emergency department visit
Endoscopy within six hours versus six to 24 hours after consultation is not associated with lower 30-day mortality in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding who are at high risk for further bleeding or death

Endoscopy Within Six Hours Does Not Lower Mortality in GI Bleed

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30-day mortality did not differ for those undergoing endoscopy within six hours versus six to 24 hours

March 2020 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for March 2020. This roundup includes the...
Emergency departments provide an opportunity to offer contraceptive education to adolescent girls

ED Visit Provides Opportunity to Discuss Contraception With Teens

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Two-thirds of girls seen in pediatric emergency department interested in discussing contraception
Most emergency providers report having little experience handling firearms

Most Emergency Providers Have Little Firearms Safety Experience

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However, 59.1 percent report encountering firearms in ED or immediate environment at least once a year
In 2019

Most Mass Shooting Events Occur Close to Nontrauma Centers

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About half of all events occurred more than 10 miles from a pediatric trauma center
From 2009 to 2015

2009 to 2015 Saw Increase in Hyperglycemic Events

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Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state events increased in emergency, inpatient settings
Less than one in five of the U.S. population has access to endovascular thrombectomy centers within 15 minutes

Current Access to Endovascular Thrombectomy Centers Limited

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Increasing number of EVT centers and/or bypassing non-EVT centers could expand access