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More than eight agencies from across Orange County EMS met this morning at EMLRC to address multiple issues including off-loading times, infectious diseases, trauma and EMS education.
Sept. 29, 5:30 p.m., through Sept. 30, 2:45 p.m.
Sweetwater Branch Inn, Gainesville, FL
This year’s workshop will be hosted by the University of Florida Residency Program, under the direction of program chairs, Adrian Tyndall, M.D., and Michael Falgiani, M.D. The workshop is open to all emergency medicine residency programs. Residents, confirm your participation by contacting your residency program coordinator.
Jan. 18–20, 2016
Hotel Duval, Tallahassee, FL
Emergency Medicine Days is the premier advocacy event for the Florida College of Emergency Physicians. It takes place during the legislative session, and is a valuable opportunity for Florida’s emergency physicians to get to know their state legislators and discuss the key issues currently affecting emergency medicine. It is also a wonderful opportunity to earn continuing medical education (CME) credit.
Registration will open Oct. 1, 2015 along with more details!
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FEP seeks board certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine physicians to staff Florida Hospital's new pediatric emergency departments. Competitive compensation package, excellent benefits and relocation assistance. MORE
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Part of FCEP’s mission is to advance emergency medicine and improve access to emergency care through advocacy. Help to further this cause by supporting these Political Action Committees (click on the link to donate):
Physicians for Emergency Care (PEC) and Emergency Care for Florida
Save the date and mark your calendar with FCEP's upcoming events! Click here to see the 2015-16 calendar.
| | EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN THE NEWS — AROUND FLORIDA |
South Florida Business Journal
U.S. Census Bureau statistics released Wednesday showed a decrease in the rate of uninsured people in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. But the Sunshine State was among the top three states with the highest rates of uninsured people.
The 2014 uninsured rate in Florida was 16.6 percent, a 17 percent drop from the 20 percent uninsured rate in 2013. Overall, there were 3.2 million uninsured people in Florida at the close of 2014, a drop from 3.9 million at the close of 2013, according to the Census Bureau.
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Examiner
It’s only September and already the flu season has begin in Florida. In the last week of August all three strains of seasonal flu virus have shown up in our state: A H1N1, AH3N2 virus and B.
Luckily protection against these three strains are contained in this year’s flu vaccine.
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Highlands Today
According to Press Ganey’s scores from 1,700 hospitals nationwide, Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center’s Lake Placid emergency department scored in the top 95 percentile for patient satisfaction and held the top position inside Adventist Health Systems.
The hospital celebrated with an old-fashioned barbecue to thank staff members for providing compassionate, quality care to the Heartland community.
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| | EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN THE NEWS — NATIONAL |
American Journal of Infection Control via Advance for NPs & PAs
Fewer than 1 in 6 healthcare workers followed all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for the removal of personal protective equipment after patient care, according to a brief report published in the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Isolation precautions are used to help stop the spread of germs from one person to another and may require use of gowns, gloves, and face protection.
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MedPage Today
The incidence of a life-threatening fungal infection rose about 60 percent over a 10-year period, but mortality fell sharply, researchers reported. The analysis also showed that about half of the patients in the study would previously have been thought to be at low risk for the infection, researchers reported at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. That's something that clinicians should bear in mind when they're considering a possible diagnosis for patients complaining of symptoms associated with aspergillosis, including coughing, wheezing, fever and general feelings of being unwell.
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The Medical News
A recent study published in The Journal of Pediatrics is the first to examine and identify a link between kidney stones in children and thickened or hardened arteries — precursors to a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases. Understanding the connection between kidney stones and cardiovascular risk factors in children may help physicians and parents implement prevention measures to reduce future risk of stroke, heart attack or other forms of vascular disease for affected children.
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HealthDay News
Hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequently are unaware of their condition, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Milda R. Saunders, M.D., MPH, of the University of Chicago, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study of 590 general medicine in-patients with CKD using ICD-9 codes for non-dialysis-dependent CKD from the first 20 admission diagnoses. Awareness of CKD was defined as correct patient self-report of "kidney problems."
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UPI
The influenza strain that caused the most illness last year, H3N2, emerged too late in the season to be included in North American vaccines. This year, however, the flu vaccine is expected to be effective against it based on research by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the vaccine will be effective against known strains of flu, the possibility that an unexpected strain will pop up is very possible, researchers at the agency said. Officials have said, however, that all their testing shows the strains they found circulating most commonly right now in the country are covered by this year's vaccine.
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News-Medical
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has significantly reduced the amount of time that pediatric patients experiencing pain from sickle cell disease (SCD) wait before receiving pain medication when they come to the emergency department. The hospital's quality improvement initiative cut the wait time by more than 50 percent, from an average of 56 minutes to 23 minutes, from triage to administration of the first dose of pain medication.
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The Clinical Advisor
Author Jillian Knowles, MMS, PA-C, writes: The other day I had a 12-year-old patient that presented for a minor emergency. While I was listening to his lungs, I was looking at his back. Through the separation of his gown, I noticed a black, irregular-looking mole. This child was fair skinned and had a sunburn already, so I could tell he was no stranger to the sun. I looked up at his parents and mentioned that they should take their child to a dermatologist to have the mole looked at closer.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year, TBIs contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. In 2010, 2.5 million TBIs occurred either as an isolated injury or along with other injuries.
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Healthline
Created under the Affordable Care Act, the program is one of three Medicare “pay-for-performance” programs that use financial penalties to push hospitals to improve quality.
More than 3,000 acute care hospitals are subject to the programs.
However, the penalties are taking a heavier toll on hospitals that care for the most vulnerable patients.
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