Overcoming Language Barriers to Improve Prehospital Care

A research design presentation on a study of prehospital language barriers

Adrenal Insufficiency

A pediatric case presentation on adrenal insufficiency presenting as gastroenteritis

Human Trafficking: Modern Slavery & The Medical Provider

A presentation about human trafficking with the target audience of physicians. Provides an overview of types of human trafficking and resources for reporting possible trafficking

Language barriers impact prehospital care Methods and preliminary results

Emergency medical services (EMS) providers rely on accurate and efficient communication. Language barriers impact the spectrum of EMS: call-taking dispatch field care. Prior studies in the US show that language barriers: Are stressful for EMS providers and patients, Impact triage decisions (e.g., basic vs. advanced life support), Result in more resource-intensive care on arrival to the hospital despite lower patient acuity. Multicultural , multilingual communities in the American state of New Mexico and the South African province of Western Cape offer complementary settings for an exploratory study of the impact of language barriers across the spectrum of EMS care. This mixed methods study consists of a survey of EMS telecommunicators combined with semi-structured qualitative interviews of EMS field providers. We hypothesize that EMS systems in a variety of settings frequently face language barriers and that these language barriers impact care

Pediatric ED Concussion and Brain Injury Discharge Instructions

A handout for patients and parents with evidence-based education about concussions. Designed to be used as discharge teaching in a pediatric emergency department

Heat Trap: How to treat Vehicular Hyperthermia in Children

Vehicular hyperthermia is an uncommon but preventable cause of heat stroke in young children. As children are placed out of sight in the back seat of vehicles, the incidence of deaths due to vehicular hyperthermia has increased. Young children trapped in hot vehicles may present with heat stroke. They have core body temperatures of greater than 100 degrees F and have neurologic dysfunction. Acute management primarily requires cardiovascular resuscitation for dehydration or shock and rapid cooling