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Care shouldn't start in the emergency room - James Douglas

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Death by Patient Satisfaction in the ER
The new Holy Grail of business, Customer Satisfaction — CSAT to her close friends — is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet customer expectations. In a marketplace where businesses compete for customers, CSAT is a key element of strategy.
Why?
Money.
Satisfied customers buy. They come back and buy more. They tell their friends, who’ll buy too. If satisfied, they’ll return and buy more. That’s gold for the bottom line. Hail the almighty dollar!
I’m an ER doc.
My customers are my patients. Since American healthcare is a business with its own shaky bottom line, though it looks like a bottomless pit,…
Resources
Best Paid Emergency Medicine Resources
FOAM (Free Open Access Medical education) is all well and good. But for the best resources on the net you gotta pay a little money. The best educators out there deserve a little bit of remuneration for their time and effort. Websites like LITFL are amazing and great for a quick look-up. Especially on shift. But for proper learning, revising and building a knowledge base you can't start there.
Tonynap's ED Homepage
I built this site to provide information and opportunities for the discussion of key topics in Emergency Medicine. It's also meant to serve as a resource for the medical students and residents I work with on a daily basis, but all are welcome to use the materials not password protected.
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
ALiEM is your digital connection to the cooperative world of EM. We strive to reshape medical education and academia in their evolution beyond the traditional classroom.
Brown Emergency Medicine
The Educational Blog of the Brown EM Residency.
Confessions of a US emergency doctor
As I’m talking I realise that I spend a lot of time conversing with patients in unusual positions: upside down, talking to their backs, or during an invasive pelvic or rectal exam. But it’s all very matter-of-fact - like an art appraiser or a farmer inspecting sheep. We’re more hands on than other doctors - we often don’t have the luxury of knowing the patents beforehand or have information of previous examinations.
County EM
Our goals are to share up-to-date evidence-based medicine reviews and interesting cases, interpret cool ECGs and images, and drop some board review pearls. We’re having fun while gettin’ FOAMed.
Crashing Patient
Welcome to Crashing Patient; the foremost webtext on emergency medicine, critical care, and most importantly their intersection.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
Instructive ECGs in instructive emergency medicine context.
EM in 5
EM in 5 is a series of 5 minute video lectures for all residents, medical students and learners in Emergency Medicine to access in the spirit of #FOAMed! Originally created as a live conference series for the University of Chicago EM Residency, we now bring you a new online 5 minute video each week with the hope to keep our hyperactive EM minds attentive while driving home some key points!
EM Nerd
The Nihilistic Ramblings of Rory Spiegel, MD.
EMCrit Project
My career goal and the purpose of this blog and podcast are to bring Upstairs Care, Downstairs, that is to bring ICU level care to the ED, so our patients can receive optimum treatment the moment they roll through the door.
emDocs
We are a group of seven emergency physicians who want to provide a truly current resource for the rapidly developing field of emergency medicine. We subscribe to the free, open-access medical education initiative, and our goal is to inform the global EM community with timely and high yield content about what providers like YOU are seeing and doing everyday in your local ED.
Emergency Medicine Blog
Hi there! This site is mainly created for my students - undergraduates and postgraduates - to facilitate teaching and learning purposes, to serve as additional learning materials, to share sample exam questions, etc etc. It is not primarily meant for general audience and you may find some of the images a bit disturbing [I have doctored them nonetheless] and you are always welcome to leave a comments or two :)
Emergency Medicine Cases
Bringing you Canada's brightest minds in Emergency Medicine.
Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS FACEP is a specialist in Emergency Medicine at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand, former AHRQ Patient Safety and Quality Keck Fellow, board-certified in Clinical Informatics, and former IRB Chair at Kaiser Permanente NW. My guests and I cover topics of interest to integrity of scientific research and Emergency Medicine.
EmergencyPedia
EmergencyPedia is part of a growing family of critical care blogs based on the values of Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed). We mourn the passing of SMACC and the FOAMed world’s hero Dr John Hinds who sadly died in early July 2015. This Blog is dedicated to supporting his memory and legacy.
Everyday EBM
An educational blog by the Emergency Medicine residents at Washington University in St.Louis.
First10EM
Welcome to First10EM, a FOAMed project where I plan to contemplate the necessary actions of the first 10 minutes in the resuscitation room for patients that I might encounter in the future. This is a site about resuscitation. It is about what to do when the sickest patients are wheeled through your door and it is about how to prepare yourself before you ever see those patients.
Life In The FastLane
Life in the FastLane was born out of an intense desire to procrastinate.. Australasian emergency physicians and intensivists exploring the changing world of eLearning, emergency medicine, critical care and toxicology through clinical cases, fictionalized anecdotes and medical satire.
MAH-SKALL-ICK
James is a physician, author and editor. He practices emergency medicine and trauma at St. Michael’s, Toronto’s inner-city hospital and is Associate Professor and award-winning teacher and academic at the University of Toronto. He has written two books so far, the international bestseller “Six Months in Sudan” and more recently, “Life on the Ground Floor“, winner of Canada’s largest non-fiction literary prize.
NUEM Blog
Resident written, expert reviewed emergency medicine education.
Pediatric EM Morsels
The goal of these Pediatric EM Morsels is to continue to encourage us all to enhance and refine our understanding of pediatric emergency medicine and to augment the care of pediatric patients. The care of pediatric patients often brings up a myriad of diverse topics ranging from the common to the very unusual.
PEMBlog
To teach medical professionals about Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
PonderMed
PonderMed’ is my passion project. I use it as a platform for reflection, idea-sharing, and clinical discussion. I’m particularly interested in #performance, #metacognition and #digitalhealth in the context of EM/critical care.
PulmCrit
I hope this blog will create a space to foster critical thinking, free exchange of ideas, and constructive criticism as we collectively stumble through the challenge of caring for critically ill patients with limited information in a rapidly evolving world. The blog is also a nice way to provide asynchronous eduction for trainees and nurses - if we don't have enough time for discussion on rounds, the blog may explain the rationale behind the way I do things.
RadaJonesMD
I’m Rada (like Prada without the P), aka Dr. Jones, and I’m just about to retire from Emergency Medicine. I’ve also worked as a doctor on cruise ships, a mechanical engineer, a play therapist, a translator and a Mary Kay lady. Before dusk I look just like everybody else but much to everybody’s consternation I speak like a vampire, since I lived most of my life in Transylvania. Steve imported us 20 years ago and his life has never been the same since. I’m planning to write a novel about the ER and another one about Dracula’s gay younger brother, but for now it’s just this blog.
REBEL EM
REBEL EM stands for Rational Evidence Based Evaluation of Literature in Emergency Medicine. We cover a myriad of topics, primarily focusing on evidence-based clinical topics.
SinaiEM
Extensive website from Mount Sinai EM program.
St.Emlyn's
St.Emlyns is a collection of people and projects aimed at improving Emergency Medicine through free and open access education.
StorytellERdoc
A peek behind the curtain.
Taming the SRU
Training in, and managing, the SRU is one of the crown jewels of our residency. It is where the sickest of the sick patients are found in our ED. It is a crucible, a test of knowledge and strength, and a true manifestation of the tripartite mission of our department: Leadership, Excellence, and Opportunity.
The Poison Review
Welcome to The Poison Review, a critical update and evaluation of recent scientific literature, news stories, and cultural events related to the field of medical toxicology. Our interests are wide-ranging and eclectic, since we take our philosophy from Paracelsus, often called the father of toxicology: “All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.”
The Resus Room
At its heart TheResusRoom is a podcast based site which can either be accessed by the webpage or via iTunes here. At least twice a month we will bring you podcasts on a variety of Emergency Medicine topics that you’ll use every day in and around the resus room, centered around evidenced based medicine and with reference to national and international guidelines. In addition we are now moving towards multidisciplinary authors and topics with our blog.
UMEM Educational Pearls
Educational pearls.
The Trauma Pro
Up to date info for trauma professionals, everywhere.
Death by Patient Satisfaction in the ER
I’m an ER doc. My customers are my patients. Since American healthcare is a business with its own shaky bottom line, though it looks like a bottomless pit, the rage of customer satisfaction hit us hard.
The 10 Types of ER Patients
patients-how-to-improve-your-care-by-avoiding-these-mistakes.html If you fall into one of these categories, here’s how to improve your care.
GruntDoc
Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas.
Medgadget
Medgadget is an independent journal of the latest medical gadgets, technologies and discoveries. Our website is written, edited and published by a group of MDs and biomed engineers.
A Day in The Life of an Ambulance Driver
Musings on Life, Death and Everything In Between...
Adventures in Emergency Medicine
Thoughts on healthcare, business, and life from an ER doc, MBA, and writer
Anesthesiology and Critical Care blog
I’m an anesthesiology resident training in Canada. I created this blog to collect and compile useful resources that I’ve found, advice and thoughts from mentors and suprevisors, and my own thoughts on topics for discussion. Every effort is made to post correct information.
Blogborygmi
Christine Miserandino recently asked me some questions about Grand Rounds, and my thoughts on use of the emergency department, and the web, by the chronically ill.
EM Lyceum
Where everything is up for debate . . .
EMdose
A jab of medical knowledge.
ER RN
Welcome to the crazy world of ER nursing. The stories that come out of the ER can make you laugh, make you cry, and make you pissed. Sometimes all at the same time. ER RN's are a special breed and I do believe we all lean a little bit toward the insane side of reality.
ER Tech
Serving the Economically, Socially Challenged and Pharmaceutically Intelligent (Politically Correct for: Low Life Drug Seeking System Abusing Scum) in a Big State, Big City, Little Ghetto Emergency Room.
Everyday EMS Tips
Welcome to Everyday EMS Tips. I started this blog in April 2009. Since its humble beginnings this blog became one of the leading independent blogs for EMS professionals from around the world. In April 2012 I was honored to join the EMS Blogs network.
Madness: Tales of an Emergency Room Nurse
The adventures of a veteran emergency nurse in an inner city ER.
Movin' Meat
The accidental blog of a semi-accidental ER doc living in the Pacific Northwest.
PHARM
My focus is rural Australia but my journey will be international , hearing from folks in other countries and how they deal with out of hospital emergencies. of course I am a flying doctor so there will be a healthy dose of aeromedicine.
Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic
This paramedic blog contains notes from my journal. Some of the characters, details, dates and settings have been changed to protect the confidentiality of people and patients involved.
Tales From The Emergency Room And Beyond
The world of medicine is like a bubble. A lot of people THINK they know what goes on there, but unless you're down in the trenches it's unlikely you do. So here is my semi-anonymous blog, here to tell you what really goes on in the life of a medical resident.
The EMBER Project
The EMBER Project (Emergency Medicine Bundles & Education Research) Dedicated to lifelong learning and innovation in EM education.
The ER Doctor's Blog
What really happens in the emergency room.
The Survival Doctor
There are great blogs for surviving long-term disasters or social upheavals, fantastic spots for lists of medical supplies to keep. There plenty of sites about medical and alternative care, explaining diseases and treatments. My website MyFamilyDoctorMag.com is one. But rare is the blog with information on what to do if you have a medical emergency and can’t get help. This site hopes to do this. It’s combination of science, improvisational medicine, and Grandma’s home remedies.
Thoughts From The Night Shift
Welcome to the night shift. The best and worst of life as seen through the eyes of an ER Trauma nurse.
EMNote
Hi, my name is Jack CF Chong. I am a resuscitationist in Taiwan. EMNote.org is part of FOAMed.
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