Mitigation of ED Patient Boarding: Transferring Admissions from the Center City ED to Methodist

Objectives: Objectively analyze transferred patient transfers cases as far as LOS (length of stay), final diagnosis, and transfer failure. Assess patient satisfaction with the transfer process as means to identify areas for improvement as well as potential patient safety issues

Small Bowel Obstruction: Facilitating Diagnosis and Optimizing Resuscitation and Management

Objective Standardize practice patterns and improve consistency in procedure documentation in ED management of Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) Significant practice variability exists among ED providers for SBO management, specifically in regard to utilization of diagnostic imaging as well as rates of NG tube (NGT) placement and subsequent documentation Data review performed by our group demonstrated that of all NG tubes placed, only 61% were documented Wide range of practice patterns for diagnostic imaging (see graphics in Results

Stakeholder communication in 140 characters or less: a study of community sport foundations

Community sport foundations (CSFs), like other non-profit organizations, are increasingly employing social media such as Twitter to communicate their mission and activities to their diverse stakeholder groups. However, the way these CSFs utilize social media for communicating such practices remains unclear. Through a mixed-method approach of content analysis of tweets from 22 CSFs established by English professional football clubs and interviews with key individuals within these CSFs (n = 7), this study examines the extent to which CSFs’ core activities are being communicated through Twitter and identifies the strategies employed for doing so. Reflecting the target audiences CSFs are seeking to reach through Twitter and the challenges associated with communication about projects involving marginalized groups, tweets largely concern programs related to sports participation and education. The most frequently employed communication strategy is to inform, rather than interact or engage with stakeholders. However, CSFs with higher organizational capacity attempt to go beyond mere informing towards engaging with stakeholder groups that relate to their social agenda, highlighting the importance of trained and dedicated social media personnel in optimizing CSFs’ use of Twitter for communication

Small Bowel Obstruction: Facilitating Diagnosis and Optimizing Resuscitation and Management

Introduction As a common surgical emergency that presents in our Emergency Department, Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) is a disease process where appropriate treatment relies on early detection, fluid resuscitation, and gastric decompression. Despite SBO representing a common emergency, many patients experience inadequate or delayed management as compared to established guidelines, potentially leading to suboptimal treatment and resolution of SBO. As order sets and alerts within Epic are in place for other disease processes whose management relies on timely diagnosis and fluid resuscitation (e.g. sepsis), objectives for our quality improvement plan involve incorporating elements of alerts and order sets within our EMR to optimize detection, management and resuscitation of patients with small bowel obstruction presenting to the Emergency Department.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1106/thumbnail.jp

Lebensrettende Maßnahmen bei Kindern („paediatric life support“): Kapitel 6 der Leitlinien zur Reanimation 2015 des European Resuscitation Council

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