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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

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When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? There is abundant evidence showing that routine lab tests in such patients have a very low yield and are not indicated, in adults as well as in children. Laboratory evaluation should be based on individual patient history and exam.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

And so I think that’s why it has its moment now even in 2023. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. And so the control room is a contiguous room, but the individual rooms where the patients, the actors and the doctors are separated by a wall.