REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. The typical nursing to patient ratio is 1:3 with a shared respiratory therapist for the entire ED.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department ICU Critical Care EMR 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 6, 2020

Max is then going to Georgetown to be an attending in both EM and ICU. 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.

EMR 130

EMR ALS ICU Emergency Department 130

REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

This study chose a relevant topic to analyze that could influence acute management in the ED and has a fairly larger sample size of patients to do so. The retrospective design of this study omitted assessment of ventricular dysrhythmias related to push dose pressor administration, as they were reliant on information in the EMR.

Epinephrine 98

Epinephrine Emergency Department ALS Critical Care 98

AAEM RSA

APRIL 8, 2021

We have already converted pediatric hospitals to accept adult patients, our backup docs are working full schedules, our nurses are working double time, the ED functions as an additional ICU, and we are stretched to our limits with no end in sight. What else can we do? I was concerned for her well-being and safety.

ICU 52

ICU EMR OR ED 52