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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

PEMBlog

Describe the role of medical control in determining destination and goals of safe transport 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.

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Shorter stays, better outcomes

Sound Physicians

Finally, caregivers—often family members—play a critical role in educating the care team, flagging barriers to care once out of the hospital, and providing necessary insights into the bigger picture. Posted in Hospital Medicine Share Article Subscribe to the Sound Physicians Blog A trusted source for todays healthcare needs.

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On a Mission: A Nurse’s Quest to Identify Hereditary Cancer Risk in All Patients

Myriad Genetics

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. Chelsea has spent the better part of a decade developing and implementing a program that ensures everyone who walks through the doors of her department at the Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) in St. Helping patients identify whether they are at high risk is care.

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The LKA is a practical approach to lifelong learning

ABIM

She is currently Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center. And it also required a trip to a test center where I spent the entire day. Those questions prompt me to review an article or revisit a concept, and I end up learning something useful.

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

PEMBlog

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. These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Robotic nurses dressing mannequins and bed-bathing patients Delicate movement, like gently handling an elderly patient is traditionally the most challenging task to robots, who are much faster developing in intellectual tasks than matching humans in fine-motor skills. But there is undoubtedly impressive progress.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm.