To the Editor: Recently, the number of total Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians has risen, and a future oversupply of EM physicians is expected. Despite this increase, the number of EM physicians practicing in rural areas has paradoxically declined because of a multitude of factors.1
Objectives: Notification by emergency medical services (EMS) to the destination hospital of an incoming suspected stroke patient is associated with timelier in-hospital evaluation and treatment. Current data on adherence to this evidence-based best practice are limited, however. We examined the frequency of EMS stroke prenotification in North Carolina by community...
To the Editor: The article entitled "Uncomplicated Distal Radius Fractures: An Opportunity to Reduce Emergency Medicine Opioid Prescribing?" by Altman et al was highly informative.1 Theauthors sent a survey to 1238 physicians across the nation, asking for the type and dose of pain medication they prescribed to their last patient...
Objectives: This study aimed to describe, using a statewide trauma registry, the incidence, trends, and injuries for tree stand falls while deer hunting in Pennsylvania. Methods: Falls from tree stands were abstracted from the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation registry (1990–2017) and combined with the number of licensed deer hunters, deer...
Objectives: Training healthcare workers in disaster preparedness has been shown to increase their willingness and ability to report to work during disasters. Little is known, however, about the relation between sociodemographic, household, and workforce characteristics and the desire for such training. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess healthcare workers’ desire...
Objectives: To assess emergency physician prescribing for simple extremity fractures—specifically, distal radius fractures—and describe the opportunity for reducing opioid prescribing. Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to 1238 emergency physicians employed by a nationwide practice serving 220 sites in 20 states. The survey presented two plain film views of a...
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