Updates in emergency department laceration management

Estimation of Laceration Length by Emergency Department Personnel

INTRODUCTION Documentation and billing for laceration repair involves a description of wound length. We designed this study to test the hypothesis that emergency department (ED) personnel can accurately estimate wound lengths without the aid of a measuring device. METHODS This was a single-center prospective observational study performed in an academic ED. Seven wounds of varying lengths were...

management of dysrhythmia in emergency department

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Management of Demented Patients in Emergency Department

The hospitalization of the elderly with acute illness is one of the most discussed in the organization of health services, it is not yet clear whether the hospital is really the best response to the needs of the elderly, especially those with cognitive impairment. Despite evidence of possible adverse effects of hospitalization (immobilization, acute confusional state resulting in sedation, risk...

Pain management in the emergency department.

Compromising bradycardia: management in the emergency department.

AIM OF THE STUDY Bradycardia may represent a serious emergency. The need for temporary and permanent pacing is unknown. METHODS We analysed a registry for the incidence, symptoms, presenting rhythm, underlying mechanism, management and outcome of patients presenting with compromising bradycardia to the emergency department of a university hospital retrospectively during a 10-year period. RE...