The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MARCH 22, 2019
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.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JUNE 6, 2020
Case: It’s another day in your emergency department (ED). The triage nurse places a 61 year-old-man with fever, hypotension, cough into the smallest room in the ED. You scan through the EMR and see the blood pressure is 60/40. Max is then going to Georgetown to be an attending in both EM and ICU.
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
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). She arrives in the emergency department (ED) with decreased level of consciousness and shock.
REBEL EM
JULY 3, 2023
Background: Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter with rapid ventricular rate (AF/AFL with RVR) are the most common subtypes of SVT, comprising a large number of ED visits in aging populations. The study was dependent on EMR documentation which is prone to error. Population: Inclusion Criteria: Patients 18 years old or greater.
REBEL EM
MAY 11, 2023
PMID: 34697777 Clinical Question: In patients with moderate to severe alcohol withdrawal being discharged from the emergency department (ED), does treatment with phenobarbital alone and phenobarbital plus benzodiazepines compared to benzodiazepines alone decrease the odds of returning to the ED within 3 days after initial discharge?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
By Smith, peer-reviewed by Interventional Cardiologist Emre Aslanger Submitted by anonymous A 53 y.o. male presents to the ED at 6:45 AM with left sided chest dull pressure that woke him up from sleep at 3am. He arrived to the ED at around 6:45am, and stated the pain has persisted. The pain radiated to both shoulders.
EMDocs
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Break through the pain Documenting in real-time when the ED is busy is hard to do. Something to pay attention to is your inner dialogue when it’s time to close the loop of each patient’s EMR. It’s not like you don’t know it’s coming. More often than not, you will have a lot on your plate in the middle innings of a workday.
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