Sound Physicians

MARCH 12, 2025

With larger metropolitan hospitals struggling to manage the limited capacity of ICU beds, timely patient transfer isn’t always an available option, and even when it is an option, patients and their families in the community have an expectation that they can stay local for care. Our answer: tele-critical care.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

After listening to this episode you will be able to: Identify unique aspects of the pre-hospital environment that impact assessment and treatment of agitated children Describe the role of EMS personnel and EMS director in the care of agitated children. link] Patient restraint in emergency medical services [Position Statement].

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. PMID: 36948291. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

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Management Patient-Centered Finance Transportation 89

PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. Emerg Med Clin North Am. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.003.

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Management Patient-Centered Physicals Finance 54

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I mean, people who used to be in hospitals are now with quicker DRGs. And she had started this practice following her mental health patients as they got older, and invariably over decades of her practice, her practice became an assisted living practice, because all of her patients ended up moving into assisted facilities.

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Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

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