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Tracking Inner City Substance Users from the Emergency Department: How Many Contacts Does It Take?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-02)
Violence and Substance Use among an Injured Emergency Department Population
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003-07)
Emergency Medicine: Competencies for Youth Violence Prevention and Control
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-09)
By any standard one wishes to apply, the impact of violence on the health and safety of the public is significant. The expression of violence among children in the United States has increased significantly during the modern ...
Role of hospitalists in an offsite alternate care center (ACC) for pandemic flu Disclosure: Nothing to report.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-11)
Recent concerns about an influenza pandemic have highlighted the need to plan for offsite Alternate Care Centers (ACCs). The likelihood of a successful response to patient surges will depend on the local health systems' ...
Cocaine-associated Chest Pain How Common Is Myocardial Infarction?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2000-08)
Objective: Prior studies addressing the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with cocaine-associated chest pain have found divergent results. Previous prospective studies, which found approximately a ...
Dizziness Presentations in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1995–2004
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-08)
Pandemic Influenza and Acute Care Centers: Taking Care of Sick Patients in a Nonhospital Setting
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2008-12-01)
The ongoing spread of H5N1 avian influenza in Southeast Asia has raised concern about a worldwide influenza pandemic and has made clear the need to plan in advance for such an event. The federal government has stressed the ...
The Influence of Critical Care Medicine on the Development of the Specialty of Emergency Medicine: A Historical Perspective
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-09)
: Through their largely concurrent development, the specialties of emergency medicine and critical care medicine have exerted a great deal of influence on each other. In this article, the authors trace the commonalities ...
Using Immersive Simulation for Training First Responders for Mass Casualty Incidents
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-11)