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The Silent Crisis: The impact of paediatric hospital social admissions

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This case underscores the struggles many children with complex disabilities encounter, often arriving at the paediatric ED in crisis when their families can no longer provide safe care at home. In 2019, 14% of all child and adolescent mental health patients were treated in approved adult hospitals. Available at: [link] 201991.pdf

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Maintaining Resilience and Mental Health in the EMS Profession

NCOAE

First off, every EMS agency should have a wellness and resilience program that includes a variety of mental health services that focus on both prevention and assistance to help individuals when they’re suffering from mental health or emotional problems. Great advice, but how is that even possible?

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

EMDocs

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:57 — 19.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarding in the ED In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children.

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The ER Docs Strike Back

ACEP Now

Bulletproof glass we had requested for the ED registration area is now up.” More recently, Ascension notified TeamHealth that it will not be renewing their contract for ED staffing, set to expire August 31 for St. John Hospital since 2015, when it acquired ownership of the hospital’s ED physician group, St.

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A Chef and a Paramedic Walk Into a Bar.

The Overrun

In Snyder CR, Lopez SJ (eds.). But understanding the concept of flow and the flow state may give us more understanding of just why we keep signing on for that next shift. And why it works against us in the long run. Nakamura J, Csikszentmihályi M (20 December 2001). Flow Theory and Research". Handbook of Positive Psychology. Bourdain, A.