Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Although the descriptions given are simplistic, they provide an overview of the process, the players, and the general time frame involved in medical malpractice litigation. Psychiatric case management in the emergency department. Testing for the role of prejudice in emergency departments. Casebased for most effective learning and retention, bouncebacks. Emergency medicine cases em cases is a free online medical education podcast, medical blog and website dedicated to providing online emergency medicine education and cme for physicians, residents, students nurses and paramedics. The text opens and closes with a brief discussion of how a lawsuit works. Bouncebacks the irresistible emergency medicine audio. The case is part of the ongoing in situ simulation project designed to discover and fix or mitigate latent safety threats in the emergency department. It is even more difficult to draw on that knowledge, relate it to a clinical setting, and apply it to the context of the individual patient. Beware exposure if bouncebacks dont return to same ed.
First generation antipsychotics are still preferred in the emergency department but are often not administered with adjunctive medications. View bounceback patients as a gift theyre giving you a chance to make a diagnosis. Director, emergency informatics, assistant operations director, department of emergency medicine, metrohealth medical center. Emergency department ed bouncebacks are a serious concern in patient safety. Mastering the diverse knowledge within a field such as anatomy is a formidable task. A bounceback is when a discharged patient returns to the ed for care within a short period of time. The newest book in the series, coming march 2015, bouncebacks. Trial testimony of william biggs, ed expert witness for the plaintiff. Clinicians should consider previous ed use when considering treatment decisions and risk of return visit, as should stakeholders. Ed returns, by michael weinstock md and ryan longstreth md burden of a secret, by rev.
Clinical professor, msu college of osteopathic medicine. Alex chorley, a staff emergency physician at hamilton health sciences in hamilton, ontario. Also, for those who do not know, this book has been authored by reallife emergency medicine physicians and educators who have done everything to deliver an ed curriculum that remains absolutely unprecedented. Improving the emergency department discharge process ahrq. The 86,012 patients discharged from the emergency department and admitted to the hospital during a return visit within seven days had significantly lower rates of mortality in the hospital 1.
In 2011, he completed his executive jd degree with honors. Patients over the age of 65 represent 50% of emergency department visits, 1. Medical and legal is an insightful and pragmatic analysis of emergency department malpractice litigation. Testing for the role of prejudice in emergency departments using bounceback rates article in ssrn electronic journal 123 march 2011 with 12 reads how we measure reads. Klauer, do, ejd, facep chief medical officer, emp, ltd. Anns emergency department case by case commentary gregory l. Director of clinical informatics, the metrohealth system. Comparison of 30day emergency department bouncebacks. Emergency medicine conference block 5 october 20november 16, 2015 date time topic speaker location wednesday.
The format is the actual documentation of 30 ed patients who were sent. Henry is a clinical professor in the department of emergency medicine at university of michigan medical center. But it is logical to consider the possibility that if the initial visit resulted in a return, the patient may want their repeat evaluation to be done by a different center, says michael b. Pediatrics includes 28 cases of children who were sent home from the emergency department, only to bounceback with a lifethreatening or lifeending illness. November 512, 2012 emergency medicine basic research skills embrs workshop. These are more challenging as you dont know the patient as well. Uc san diego department of emergency medicine recent.
Whether patients with a high number of ed visits are at increased risk of a return. Because the majority of hospital admissions come through the emergency department, it is logical to have case managers located there to act as gatekeepers and ensure that patients. Ed returns, discussion with the aliem chief residents incubator. Emergency medicine is a specialty which closely reflects societal challenges and consequences of public policy decisions.
A multilevel analysis of patients returning to the same or different hospital within 72hours of initial emergency department presentation. If you are not intrigued and terrified by bouncebacks before reading the book, some startling numbers at the beginning will definitely grab your attention. Physicians are not allowed to discuss details of cases they are involved with, but rather discuss their emotions and impact the. Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine the. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Midlevel providers often have overlapping shifts with physicians resulting in signouts. They are also incentivized to prevent hospital readmissions and ed bouncebacks of their patients. Under new and expanding healthcare reform, pediatric urologists may be. The most experienced operator available should be the primary intubator in all cases of suspected orknown covid19 patients requiring airway management. Lecture this lecture is a part of weekly conference jul 3, 2019. Our pubmed search yielded 963 records of multiple publication types.
How to spot the wellappearing patient who will soon be dead c. Jimmy allen student recommendedpersonal account about a familys battle with aids cheating death. Whether patients with a high number of ed visits are at increased risk of a return visit remains underexplored. Evidencebased decision making for emergency medicine clinicians. Written by the physicians who actually cared for these patients, this volume is an important tool to. Casebased for most effective learning and retention, bouncebacks helps emergency physicians sharpen their analytical skills to improve patient safety. Emergency department ed bouncebacks are a serious concern in patient. Bounceback rate higher than expected, reflecting the s. The em cases course 2016 handbook instructions for getting the most out of the em cases. A 3threeyearold female was taken to the emergency department by her mother after inserting an object initially thought to be the back of an earring into her right nostril. Bounceback rate higher than expected, reflecting the state of health care. The lessons presented are a good reminder for any practicing physician. The object was unable to be removed with a 6french foley catheter, despite premedication with topical phenylephrine given to reduce nasal mucosal edema.
Is emergency department crowding associated with increased bounceback admissions. The doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds, by sanjay gupta, md. Regarding cases in which a visit to the emergency department is necessary or. The typical emergency medicine em physician working 1,728 hours per year for 30 years seeing 2. University of maryland school of medicine, department of. The ability to accurately identify which patients are more likely to revisit the ed could allow eds and health systems to develop more focused interventions, but efforts to reduce revisits have not yet found success. Medical and legal emcrit blog emergency department. Uc san diego department of emergency medicine recent faculty publications updated january 2016 articles campillo a, castillo e, vilke gm, hopper a, ryan v, wilson mp. The emergency department specifically deals with social injustice, health and economic disparities, violence, substance abuse, and disaster preparedness and response. The shortterm return visit rate among patients discharged from emergency departments ed is a quality metric and target for interventions. Recognize patients with high risk for bounceback or death.
Department of health and human services centers for disease control and prevention ational center for health statistics. Emergency kits carts shall be stored in limitedaccess areas and sealed with a disposable plastic lock to prevent unauthorized access and to insure a proper environment for preservation of the medications in them. Henry, md, facep ceo, medical practice risk assessment, inc. This is an interesting problem in the emergency department. Clinical emergency medicine pdf free download clinical. National strategic plan for emergency department management of outbreaks of novel h1n1 influenza purpose this plan informs health care personnel, public health, and government officials at all levels of the necessary capabilities that must be present for successful emergency department management of an outbreak of h1n1. Emergency department management of the airway in obese adults. Definition of a highquality ed discharge and discharge failure.
Comparison of 30day emergency department bouncebacks after pediatric versus adult urologic surgery. Also, the clinical emergency medicine pdf file is on an online repository for the safer downloading. Emergency department clinicians need and want more patient safety. Inc, which stores records in application system 400 and postgresql. Case files emergency medicine, fourth edition lange case files. Request pdf on dec 1, 2001, e litvak and others published emergency. Ed returns by longstreth et al at over 30 bookstores. Emergency medicine and hospital care in the home and. More pediatric patients seem to present to the emergency department ed for nonurgent matters after urologic procedures than adult patients. The illustrative cases educate emergency physicians in documentation, risk management, and evaluation and management of common ed complaints and diagnoses.
Klauer is an attending at summa health system, working at barberton citizen s hospital and wadsworth rittman hospital. Lecture files if you are a member of our department you must be logged in to access. Consider the case of a 34hospital emergency group with more than 1. The illustrative cases educate emergency physicians in documentation, risk management, and evaluation and management. Ed returns is a collection of cautionary tales and pearls of wisdom about the return patient who plagues both the seasoned physician and resident alike. Medical humanities elective reading list 201112 rev. Resources for professional liability litigation process. Weinstock, md clinical assistant professor, division of emergency medicine.