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

EMDocs

And now we’re here at our destination, the place we know and love, the emergency room to talk about what we should be doing for the growing volume of children with mental health problems boarding in the emergency department.

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ACEP Advances Boarding Solutions

ACEP Now

30 to discuss violence in the emergency department and encourage elected officials to pass the SAVE Act , bipartisan legislation that ACEP helped develop and strongly supports to protect physicians and health care professionals in the workplace. This is a daily situation in emergency departments across the country.”

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Maintaining Resilience and Mental Health in the EMS Profession

NCOAE

The suicide rate among emergency medical service (EMS) professionals rose a shocking 38 percent since 2009, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. As an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic, you typically work a five-day rotation of 12-hour shifts (days or nights).

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