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Older adults go to the emergency department more often than other age groups, stay longer, and typically require more resources and medical interventions. The most ...
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Doctors with smartphones help patients get out of E.R. faster
Chest pain patients in the emergency department whose attending emergency physicians received lab results delivered direct to their smartphones spent about 26 minutes less waiting ...
Read More »Emergency Medicine Docs Team Up with NFL for Concussion CME
The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and the National Football League Foundation have partnered to provide an online continuing medical education course on the assessment and ...
Read More »ER Doctors Should Screen All Pediatric Patients for Gun, Suicide Risk
Nearly one in five children and teens found to be at risk for suicide report that there are guns in their homes, and 15 percent ...
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