Background: Violence in the workplace is an ill-defined and underreported concern for health
care workers. The objectives of this study were to examine perceived levels of violence in …

Background Coronary thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism are common causes of
cardiac arrest. We assessed whether the administration of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA…

Previous studies have suggested that most emergency department (ED) patients who leave
without being seen by a physician (LWBS) are nonurgent. Our institution developed a fast-…

Study Objective: We examine whether a specific educational effort reduces emergency
department violence in the short term and quantify the amount of violence in the ED. Methods: …

Objective: To determine whether naloxone administered IV to out‐of‐hospital patients with
suspected opioid overdose would have a more rapid therapeutic onset than naloxone given …

Application of Continuous Quality Improvement techniques can identify (a) major causes of
delay in evaluation and treatment of ambulatory patients in an Emergency Department (ED) …

Objective: To demonstrate how continuous quality improvement (CQI) can identify rational
and effective means to reduce length of stay for minor illness/injury in an ED. Methods: A CQI …

Background:A reliable emergency department (ED) workload measurement tool would
provide a method of quantifying clinical productivity for performance evaluation and physician …

OBJECTIVES: National leaders have suggested that patients with an out of hospital cardiac
arrest (OOHCA) may benefit from transport to specialized hospitals. We sought to assess the …

Background Endogenous adenosine might cause or perpetuate bradyasystole. Our aim was
to determine whether aminophylline, an adenosine antagonist, increases the rate of return …