Tag: training
The Next Generation of Doctors May be Learning Bad Habits at Teaching Hospitals with Many Safety Violations
Teaching hospitals like Jackson South, located in metro Miami, are where physician trainees get practice treating patients. They prepare the next generation of doctors, and they have a reputation as places of cutting-edge... read more
Establishing a Relationship of Trust and Care
An admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is often a traumatic experience for both patients and families. Although members of the critical care team are specially trained to provide care and treatment requiring close,... read more
How to Run Successful Rounds in the ICU
Rounds in the intensive care unit (ICU) allow for scheduled discussions in which healthcare providers review clinical information and develop care plans for critically ill patients. Despite this straightforward concept, there... read more
Atlas of Interventional Pain Management
Arranged by anatomic region, Atlas of Interventional Pain Management provides pain medicine specialists in practice and in training with the most up-to-date and practical guide to over 160 interventional pain management techniques.... read more
I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse
This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses, who provide the first vital line of patient care. Here, nurses remember their first “sticks,” first births, and first deaths, and reflect... read more
Prehospital Antibiotics Improved Some Aspects of Sepsis Care
Training EMS personnel in early recognition of sepsis improved some aspects of care within the acute care chain, but did not reduce mortality, according to results of a randomized trial. Emergency medical service (EMS) personnel... read more
Critical Burn Patients in the ED/ICU
Dr. Djogovic completed training in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine from 1999-2005, and is currently employed at the University of Alberta Hospital as an Emergency Physician, and as an Intensivist in the General... read more
The Randomized Educational ARDS Diagnosis Study
Radiographic criteria for acute respiratory distress syndrome have been criticized for poor reliability. Our objective was to test an educational intervention to improve the radiographic identification of acute respiratory... read more
Get Ready for a Massive Influx of Untriaged Patients
When a mass casualty incident occurs, emergency physicians are quickly thrust onto the front lines. That is precisely what happened on October 1st at Sunrise Emergency Department in Las Vegas the night Stephen Paddock opened... read more
Why Millennials are Choosing to be Physician Assistants, not Doctors
More and more young people are gravitating to the role of physician assistant over doctor. Several Delaware millennials cite its flexibility, condensed schooling, and cost as major reasons why they chose to become PAs. According... read more
Accuracy of Ultrasound Exam Performed by EM vs. Radiology Residents in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis
Although the traditional approach to the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) is using clinical methods, experience has shown that strict reliance on clinical data can lead to mismanagement or unnecessary surgery. US has... read more
Concise Review of Critical Care, Trauma and Emergency Medicine
A Quick Reference Guide of ICU and Er Topics. Most commonly encountered clinical scenarios and relevant topics are summarized in an easy to understand format. Can be used as quick reference guide during rounds, or during... read more
On Diagnosing Sepsis
Two years ago, a panel appointed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, referred to as a consensus conference, proposed a new definition for sepsis and new diagnostic... read more
The Sound of Air: Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Perioperative Medicine
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has emerged as an effective and accurate goal-directed diagnostic tool that can be applied in real time for the bedside assessment of patients with respiratory symptoms and signs. Lung ultrasound has... read more
Inspiratory Muscle Training Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes in 3-week COPD Rehabilitation
The value of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear. The RIMTCORE (Routine Inspiratory Muscle Training within COPD Rehabilitation) randomised... read more
Training Approaches for the Deployment of a Mechanical Chest Compression Device
Pit-crew training, compared with standard training, did not improve team deployment of a mechanical chest device in a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. Twenty teams participated in this study, each comprising three clinicians.... read more
Critical Care Nursing in Resource-Limited Environments
Critical Care Nursing in resource-limited environments is an emerging sub-speciality, currently centred on regions within sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. The World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN) continues... read more
Critical Care Echocardiography: A Certification Pathway for Advanced Users
Though the details are still being finalized, the critical care NBE pathway will bear many similarities to the current certification process for cardiologists and cardiac anesthesiologists. In particular, the critical care... read more
More Than a Tick Box: Medical Checklist Development, Design, and Use
Despite improving patient safety in some perioperative settings, some checklists are not living up to their potential and complaints of "checklist fatigue" and outright rejection of checklists are growing. Problems reported... read more
I survived sepsis eight times. But can care workers spot this deadly illness?
Care staff are increasingly likely to see sepsis, but there is no standard training to make them aware of the symptoms to look out for in clients. There is a golden hour for the treatment of sepsis, when someone can be saved... read more
Chart Reviews In Emergency Medicine Research: Where Are The Methods?
Medical chart reviews are often used in emergency medicine research. However, the reliability of data abstracted by chart reviews is seldom examined critically. The objective of this investigation was to determine the proportion... read more
Social Determinants of Health: A Missing Link in Emergency Medicine Training
The health of a population depends upon several factors, including disease, public health initiatives, and the social determinants of health (SDH). These factors often converge in the emergency department (ED) where the impact... read more
