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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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Reevaluation of the effect of mandatory interpreter legislation on use of professional interpreters for ED patients with language barriers. Published August 4, 2022. Accessed August 11, 2023. Ginde A, Sullivan A, Corel B, at al. Patient Educ Couns. 2010;1(2):204-6. Benda NC, Bisantz AM, Butler R, et al. Annals of EM. 2012; 60(5): 545-553.