Annals of emergency medicine
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To describe the development of an injury-surveillance system based on the emergency department log. ⋯ With minimal training and cost, the ED log can be adapted for collection of injury data on all patients seen in the ED.
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To determine whether family members of recently deceased emergency department patients would consent to the performance of a cricothyrotomy on the deceased for educational purposes. ⋯ Although there are difficulties in obtaining consent to perform invasive procedures on the recently deceased in the ED for educational purposes, our study demonstrates that many families will consent to such procedures if adequate information and explanation are provided. The results of this study may not be applicable to institutions serving patients with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.