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SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR)

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Your medical team is great, but you […] The post SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Most emergency physicians use some form of electronic medical records (EMRs) when seeing patients. SGEM#159 looked at the implementation of an EMR in a tertiary care ED.

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SGEM#344: We Will…We Will Cath You – But should We After An OHCA Without ST Elevations?

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Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. He is interested and experienced in healthcare informatics, previously worked with ED-directed EMR design, and is involved in the New York City Health and Hospitals Healthcare Administration Scholars Program (HASP).

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SGEM#294: Blood Pressure – Do Better, Keep Rising with NorEpi

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Date: June 2nd, 2020 Reference: Permpikul et al. Date: June 2nd, 2020 Reference: Permpikul et al. You scan through the EMR and see the blood pressure is 60/40. Reference: Permpikul et al. Early Use of Norepinephrine in Septic Shock Resuscitation (CENSER): A Randomized Trial. Respir Crit Care Med 2019.

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SGEM Xtra: On the Edge of Burnout ACEM18

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The highest prevalence of burnout (70%) was reported by emergency physicians (Shanafelt et al 2015). One of the most common reasons cited for burnout is the electronic medical record (EMR) (Shanafelt et al 2016). West et al 2016 published a SRMA in the Lancet on interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout.

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SGEM#346: Sepsis – You Were Always on My Mind

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Date: September 20th, 2021 Reference: Litell et al. Date: September 20th, 2021 Reference: Litell et al. Despite the lack of high-quality evidence to support these sepsis bundles, many hospitals incorporated them into their electronic medical record (EMR).

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Dynamic OMI ECG. Negative trops and negative angiogram does not rule out coronary ischemia or ACS.

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By Smith, peer-reviewed by Interventional Cardiologist Emre Aslanger Submitted by anonymous A 53 y.o. Studies such as those by Moise et al 14 and Ellis et al 39 have shown that the relative risk of developing an acute myocardial infarction in the territory supplied by an artery with a 70%. The pain radiated to both shoulders.

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The Concomitant Use of Calcium and Diltiazem for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation

REBEL EM

Article: Rossi N et al. They utilized EMR to gather comprehensive data on patients who received IV calcium and IV diltiazem, or IV diltiazem monotherapy for the treatment of patients with AF/AFL with RVR. The study was dependent on EMR documentation which is prone to error. Am J Emerg Med.

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