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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

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Upon EMS arrival the male is noted to be anxious and tremulous with a GCS of 14. A 36-year-old male presents to the emergency department after being found down at home by his spouse. Per the mans wife, the patient is a heavy drinker often consuming two to three pints of vodka daily. What is the next step in evaluation and treatment?

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ACEP Rejects “Excited Delirium”

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In 2009, the Excited Delirium Task Force convened by an ACEP Council resolution authored a white paper that endorsed the existence of excited delirium syndrome and made recommendations for identifying and managing it clinically. American College of Emergency Physicians white paper report on excited delirium syndrome.

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Tips for Working With Interpreters in the Emergency Department

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9 Being bilingual is often not enough to be a medical interpreter, which requires precision, experience, and knowledge of medical jargon, as well as culturally specific idioms and phrases. 2022;105(1):62-73. Annals of EM. Regenstein M, Anders E, Wynia MK. Annals of EM. Benda NC, Bisantz AM, Butler R, et al.

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

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Bhana, MD (EM Resident Physician, University of Massachusetts/UMass Chan Medical School); Clarence Kong, MD (Pain Fellow, Eastern Virginia Medical School – Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University); Mani Hashemi, MD (EM Attending, HCA Florida Mercy Hospital); S.M. Authors: Nikhil B.

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