Acute care settings, which include all types of intensive or critical care units in a hospital, require patients to be monitored around the clock. However, this supervised care and the tools it requires interrupt sleep patterns and prevent patients from obtaining adequate rest. Beginning in the late

Furniture polish poisoning can happen if someone swallows or inhales it in a sufficient quantity. Poisoning can also happen if the polish is sprayed into the eyes. Furniture polish poisoning is potentially fatal, but most incidences can be dealt with successfully if the quantities are small and the

Floods present numerous dangers to life and limb, including possible drowning, exposure to bacteria and pollutants and threats from wildlife transported by flood waters. The best possible defense is to evacuate the area when there is a chance of flooding, but becoming familiar with the dangers and h

Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR, knowledge is a vital tool to be armed with in the event of an emergency. Usually, to learn CPR, you must attend a class that is six hours long. Many people simply don't have the time to devote that much time to one sitting, and online CPR training is available

What are the latest guidelines, methods of risk stratification, diagnostic aids, imaging, and criteria for further testing when managing low-risk chest pain in the ED?

Urgent care may provide a remedy for a sudden pain in your shouldersenior health care image by Pierrette Guertin from Fotolia.comUrgent care is a medical treatment industry that is quickly growing. When operated smoothly, urgent care centers offer convenient medical service for injuries...

Does this adjunct therapy further improve outcomes - in patients with windowed casts on diabetic foot ulcers?

Many hospitalists feel a wave of trepidation when confronted with treating a pregnant woman. Here are 10 tips to help increase your comfort level.

Can you diagnose this man with a 4-inch, square, eczematous lesion?

Multiple competing hospitalist groups under a single roof does not necessarily have to mean disaster. How can they work side-by-side?

Commentary on a study comparing the outcomes of sentinel node biopsy vs nodal observation in melanoma, published February 2014 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A recent action in California, and a round-up of state legislation of interest to emergency physicians, is provided in this article.

People use personal safety or protection equipment in various work environments ranging from chemical laboratories to construction sites. Anything that protects the body from potential hazards is personal safety equipment, including but not limited to hard hats, chemical protective clothing, gloves,

Gain a better understanding of the role of the emergency physician in managing potential organ donor patients and the ethical issues involved.

The ED can be a noisy environment. Could it impact clinicians' ability to perform decision-making tasks?

Some hate it, some love it: the seven-on/seven-off schedule is unique to hospital medicine, but is it financially sustainable?

A measure of the final wound treatment outcome may affect reimbursement for care.

Commentary on a study on the association of occult lymph node metastases detected by GUCY2C with survival in patients with colorectal cancer, published February 2009 in JAMA.

Is PIRO classification a useful tool for determining prognosis of sepsis patients in the ED?