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Optimizing the management of emergency department patients with atrial fibrillation
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia in adults, with an annual cost of care estimated at $6.65 billion (3/4 of cost due to hospitalization), and greater than 70% of patients admitted with AF ...
Hospital-wide communication to improve quality outcomes of stroke patients
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Time is vital in the initial care of stroke patients. Swift recognition of symptoms, immediate access to diagnostic tests, and appropriate treatment play a vital role in a patient’s functional outcomes ...
Code stroke
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: The objective was to decrease ED door to CT and lab turnaround time to results to less than or equal to 45 minutes, improve the percentage of tests resulted in under 45 minutes to 85% or greater and decrease ...
Neuro-alert: Hemorrhagic stroke expedited transfer process from ED to NCCU
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: We sought to develop a Neuro-Alert process for non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhages in an effort to reduce transfer time from emergency department (ED) arrival to Neuro Critical Care Unit (NCCU) and bring the ...
Sepsis checklist decreases sepsis mortality
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Project chartered to increase the use of our Sepsis Checklist as we were at 0% compliance and our Mortality OE was 1.35.
Aim: Primary: to increase initiation of Sepsis checklist, by 50% ...
Teleneurology: Streamlining care of stroke patients in emergency rooms
(2017-12-05)
Session A presented Thursday, September 14, 2017
Purpose: Patients in Emergency Departments (EDs) that are having strokes now have an opportunity to receive endovascular therapy(EVT) for improved outcomes.1,2,3 Unfortunately, ...
Evaluating EMS door-to-CT times using an EMR based communication tool
(2017-12-05)
Session H presented Saturday, September 16, 2017
Purpose: Evidence-based standards of care in EMS and emergency nursing are well defined in clinical populations. Communication between pre-hospital and emergency ...
Impact of emergency department sepsis policy
(2017-12-05)
Purpose: Sepsis and the care of sepsis patients impact the healthcare industry on a number of levels. It is a serious concern for health care providers, policy-makers, and patients due to the large number of cases, high ...