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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

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However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Government.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

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This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

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Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Pediatr Radiol 2019; 49:240. 2019 Mar;20(2):409-418. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes. Government. West J Emerg Med.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. So medication adjustments.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. So if you think about 100 patients per year, that you need to have some benchmark after going into business to care for so many terminally ill patients. Welcome back to GeriPal, Lauren. I’m excited.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

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Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. So has a special resonance for, I think, a lot of people who are Tragically H ip fans.

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