Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2018
Medical scribes have no impact on the patient experience of an emergency department.
We aimed to evaluate patient perceptions of medical scribes in the ED and to test for scribe impacts on ED Net Promoter Scores, Press Ganey Surveys and other patient-centred topics. ⋯ We found no evidence that scribes reduce patient satisfaction during emergency consultations, nor prompt discomfort that might cause a patient to withhold information.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2018
Antiemetic treatment in the emergency department: Patient opinions and expectations.
To determine patient expectations of antiemetic treatment in the ED. ⋯ Most patients expected antiemetic treatment to make symptoms at least 'a lot less'. Most also believe treatment should be reserved for moderate or severe nausea, and should take effect by 30 min.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2018
Do instability markers predict satisfactory reduction and requirement for later surgery in emergency department patients with wrist fracture?
Research suggests that the presence of instability markers in patients with displaced distal radial fractures is associated with poorer outcome. Our aims were to determine whether the presence of previously defined instability markers could predict the likelihood of successful ED reduction and requirement for a secondary procedure after ED reduction. ⋯ Instability risk factors are common in patients with wrist fractures requiring reduction in ED. The number of instability factors is not a strong predictor of the performance of secondary procedures.