Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2022
Neonatal emergency transport teams and general emergency departments: Who will intubate the neonate?
Confidence treating critically ill infants presenting to general ED may be limited by inexperience, with procedures deferred until specialised transport teams arrive. ⋯ Referring ED physicians perform the majority of critical procedures where infants require inter-hospital transfer by neonatal emergency transport service.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2022
Perspectives of emergency department clinicians on the challenges of addressing low back pain in the emergency setting: A qualitative study.
To identify and explore ED clinician perspectives on: (i) why patients with low back pain (LBP) present to the ED and are admitted into hospital from ED; (ii) barriers and enablers they face when providing care to patients with LBP; and (iii) strategies to improve the care of patients with LBP, and associated care processes, in the ED. ⋯ We identified a range of targets to improve LBP management in ED. Clinicians perceived internal and external factors to the ED as influences of ED presentation and hospital admission. Clinicians also reported that patient-, clinician- and service-level barriers and enablers influenced patient management in ED. Strategies suggested by clinicians included improved follow-up options, access to resources and an 'LBP pathway' to support decision making.