When FOAM Doesn’t Wash
The following scenario is completely fictional although it is used to represent a real-life incident. All details have been changed.
The following scenario is completely fictional although it is used to represent a real-life incident. All details have been changed.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7jSp2xmmEE
Making referrals to inpatient teams is one of the most challenging aspects of working in the Emergency Department. Every call you make generates work for your colleagues, who may already be dealing with multiple calls and patients and may be in theatre or the out patient clinic.
There are a few blog posts that seem to stick in the mind more than others, and certainly ones that I direct colleagues back to on a regular basis. One of these for me (and I suspect for many others) is the post from Cliff Reid back in July 2012 looking at Life, Limb and Sight saving procedures.
Is this FOAM heresy I ask myself..., someone in the social media
2012 update on guidelines for the management of paracetamol overdose in the ED.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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