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Medical Malpractice Insights: A Tale of 2 Injection Injuries

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Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. Editor’s Note : The premise of Med Mal Insights is that we learn better from stories than we do from reports, “white papers” and seminars. Updat-ed Jun 23 2021. Right now!”

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

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Jafar Mahmood, MD (Pain Medicine Attending, Paincare Medical Practice) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE (EM Attending, APD, University of Missouri-Columbia), Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM Attending, Cleveland Clinic); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Introduction: Pain management in the ED can be a unique challenge.

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Tips for Working With Interpreters in the Emergency Department

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Clinical Case Your next patient is a Spanish-speaking 24-year-old female who begins by telling you that she is embarazada. Census Bureau, 60.6 million Americans (approximately 20.8 1,2 Medical interpreters (as opposed to translators who work with the written word), are essential to bridging the language gap. emergencies, patient’s request).