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Uninsured Trauma Victims More Likely to Die (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Even after adjusting for injury severity and comorbidities, trauma patients who did not have insurance had higher mortality rates than those who did, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 16, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

EDs Missing Wait-Time Targets (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Increasing numbers of emergency department patients are not being seen in a timely way, with the most urgent cases most likely to miss wait-time targets, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 9, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Inequality Found in Access to Burn Centers in the U.S. (CME/CE, with video)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The vast majority of the U.S. population lives within two hours by ground or helicopter of a dedicated burn center, but access varies widely across the country, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 27, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Trauma During Childhood Could Shorten Lifespan (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients who experienced childhood trauma may be at an increased risk of early death, researchers say. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 7, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

EDs Should Be Better Prepared to Treat Children (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Emergency departments need better administration, training, and safety procedures for treating the youngest patients, researchers say. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - September 22, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Mild Head Trauma Can Cause Brain Dysfunction (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mild traumatic brain injury can cause acute impairment in executive function, which is detectable by diffusion tensor imaging, data from a small clinical study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - August 26, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Lacrosse Players Have Excess Burden of Cardiac Arrest from Chest Blows (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Commotio cordis accounts for a disproportionate number of sudden deaths in high school and college athletes playing lacrosse, compared with most other major sports, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - August 10, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Kids Retain CPR Basics (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children as young as 9 can learn and retain the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even though their physical strength may pose limits on their effectiveness, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - August 3, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

More Rock Walls, More Climbing Injuries (CME/CE, with audio)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- As rock-climbing gyms cropped up along U.S. highways, more patients presented with injuries related to the sport, researchers say, but the trend may be reversing. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 23, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Blood Alcohol Level May Help Predict Complications After Trauma (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Trauma patients should have blood alcohol levels checked, even if they've denied drinking heavily, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 23, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

No Improvement In Survival with Inhospital CPR (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Survival of elderly patients after inhospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation hasn't improved over a 15-year period, researchers say. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 6, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Propofol Found in Jackson's HomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- The powerful anesthetic propofol (Diprivan) was found in Michael Jackson's home, according to several reports quoting anonymous law enforcement sources. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 6, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Anesthetic Could Have Caused Jackson's Cardiac ArrestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- An injection of propofol (Diprivan) could have led to respiratory depression -- and subsequently cardiac arrest -- if Michael Jackson indeed used the powerful anesthetic to battle insomnia, emergency physicians say. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 1, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

CDC Warns of Fall Hazard with Canes and Walkers (CME/CE, with audio)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Canes and walkers -- used to prevent falls -- are themselves associated with more than 47,000 serious injuries each year among older adults, the CDC warned. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 30, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Cardiologists Question Jackson's CPR in BedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Michael Jackson's personal physician should not have performed CPR on the late pop star while he was in bed, if that was indeed what happened, prominent cardiologists said today. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 29, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

No Cause Yet in Early Jackson Autopsy FindingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Initial findings from the autopsy of pop icon Michael Jackson did not identify the cause of death, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 26, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Appendicitis Could Be Detected with Urine Test (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Biomarkers in urine may reliably identify children with appendicitis, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 23, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Emergency Room Wait Times Up, But So Is Patient SatisfactionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Last year, the average patient going to the emergency department spent more than four hours there, according to a nationwide survey. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 22, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Computers Rich Source of Acute Injury (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TORONTO (MedPage Today) -- The home computer is an endless source of information and entertainment -- and a surprising number of acute injuries, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - June 9, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

APA: Inhaled Agent Loxapine Effective in Acute Agitation (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The antipsychotic drug loxapine, delivered with an investigational inhaler, quickly relieved acute agitation in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in separate phase III trials, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 22, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

UrgiCare Centers a Happy Medium Between Family Practice and EDs (CME/CE, with audio)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Urgent care centers are far more similar to family practices than to emergency departments, researchers here said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 14, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Antivenom Puts Bite on Scorpion Poisoning (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TORONTO (MedPage Today) -- An investigational scorpion antivenom swiftly resolves symptoms in children suffering bites from the sometimes deadly arachnids, an Arizona researcher said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

NHLBI Halts Saline Trial for Trauma PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Concentrated saline infusion appears to have no merit for trauma victims with head injuries in a randomized trial, which will now be stopped, its sponsor said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 13, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Housing the Homeless After Hospitalization Cuts Readmissions (CME/CE, with video)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Homeless hospital patients who were provided with housing and other services after discharge were less likely to be readmitted or to require emergency treatment, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 5, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Many Children Resilient to Domestic Violence (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Half of children exposed to domestic violence remain resilient to the psychological damage, likely because of personality and parenting, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Epi-Injectors May Need Redesign to Prevent Accidents (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Unintentional sticks with epinephrine autoinjectors appear to be increasing and may indicate a need to redesign the lifesaving devices, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - April 8, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Reverse Triage Increases Hospital Beds During DisasterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Discharging noncritical patients appears to be an effective way to increase a hospital's capacity for emergency admissions during a public disaster, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - April 8, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

ACC: Adjunctive Med May Fight Stent Thrombosis on BivalirudinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Stent thrombosis is as common with bivalirudin (Angiomax) as with unfractionated heparin in ST-segment elevation MI but may be reduced by tweaking adjunctive antiplatelet therapy. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 30, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Furry Companions Account for 87,000 Fall-Related InjuriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- If dogs and cats are man's best friends, they can also be health hazards: each year, almost 87,000 American humans wind up in emergency rooms with injuries from falls related to these domestic pets, the CDC reported. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 26, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Lack of Efficacy Forces Halt to Shock Treatment StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) -- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has terminated a clinical trial of concentrated saline for trauma patients in shock, after interim results indicated no benefit for the treatment. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 26, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Death of Actress Brings Attention to 'Talk and Die' SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW YORK (MedPage Today) -- Yesterday's death of stage and screen star Natasha Richardson, two days after a seemingly minor spill on a beginners' ski slope, highlighted the difficulties of recognizing and treating head injuries. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 19, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

CT Scans in Trauma Patients Reveal More Incidental FindingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Physicians are finding an increasing number of previously unrecognized injuries and conditions when they conduct cervical spine CT scans on their patients, researchers here said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 5, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

SMFM: Domestic Violence May Predispose Women to Postpartum DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Female victims of domestic violence have a 40% increased risk of developing postpartum depression, a cross-sectional study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 30, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Racial Segregation Enhances Risk of Violent InjuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PITTSBURGH (MedPage Today) -- An individual's chance of sustaining a violent injury is correlated with the degree of racial segregation in the community, independent of race and other factors, researchers here said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 15, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Top California Court Disallows 'Balance Billing' for ER TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SACRAMENTO (MedPage Today) -- California physicians may not bill emergency-room patients for the difference between their normal charges and what HMOs will pay for out-of-network care, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 9, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Emergency Physicians Cite Unreported Cases of Seeming Undue Force by PoliceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SEATTLE (MedPage Today) -- Suspected excessive use of force by police officers is commonly seen by emergency physicians but usually not reported, a cross-sectional survey showed. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 26, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Falls and Car Accidents Cause Most Injuries in U.S. ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Falls and motor vehicle accidents are the leading causes of unintentional injury and death among U.S. children and teens, according to the CDC. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 11, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Emergency Care Delivery in U.S. Given Poor Grade by SpecialistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The nation's emergency care delivery system rated a C-minus, according to a state-by-state assessment by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 9, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

ACS: High-Dose Antioxidants Improve Trauma OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Infections and abdominal wall complications were markedly reduced in trauma patients treated with high doses of vitamins C, E, and selenium, researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 17, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Routine CT Imaging May Prevent Unnecessary AppendectomiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SEATTLE (MedPage Today) -- In suspected appendicitis, a CT scan can be well worth the wait before a patient goes to surgery, researchers here suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 2, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Survival Rates After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Vary WidelyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SEATTLE (MedPage Today) -- People who suffer cardiac arrest at home or on the street are much more likely to survive after emergency treatment in some cities than in others, researchers here said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - September 23, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Criteria Determine Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Beyond HopeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (MedPage Today) -- Two sets of criteria may help determine whether out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients will survive if they are sped to an emergency room, researchers here found. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - September 23, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Family Violence Highly Toxic to Previously Abused ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A child who is subject to harsh discipline or witnesses violence in the home is likely to have increased psychological and behavioral problems with further exposure to abuse, a study found. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - September 18, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Most Patients Do Not Understand Emergency CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (MedPage Today) -- More than three-fourths of patients treated in emergency departments do not understand at least one element of the care they received or their discharge instructions, investigators here said. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - July 18, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

SAEM: AHA Guidelines for Cardiac Arrest Treatment Increase SurvivalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The rate of resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests jumped nearly four-fold when new guidelines on CPR were fully implemented in a North Carolina county, according to researchers here. (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - May 30, 2008 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news