Evidence-Based Guideline: Treatment of Convulsive Status ...

and new clinical trial data have emerged relating directly to the treatment of this most feared type of seizure activity. Coupled with the acceptance of evidence-based rather than consensus-based guidelines, the Epilepsy Foundation in 2004 and the American Epilepsy Society in …

  Clinical, Trail, Clinical trials

Clinical Policy for Well-Appearing Infants and Children ...

Clinical Policy for Well-Appearing Infants and Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever From the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Subcommittee (Writing Committee) on Pediatric Fever:

Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and ...

decisionmaking, there are no high-quality studies to guide the approach to diagnosis. As a result, the misdiagnosis of aortic ... Clinical presentation differs by type of aortic dissection. The ... Web of Science’s Cited Reference Search, and Scopus were performed. All searches were limited to English-language sources,

  Guide, Reference, Clinical

Public Education: Consent for Medical/Surgical Care ...

Consent for Medical/Surgical Care/Emergency Treatment and Child’s Medical Information In presenting my son/daughter for diagnosis and treatment

  Treatment, Child, Consent

Clinical Policy: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the ...

PAIN MANAGEMENT AND SEDATION/CLINICAL POLICY. dexmedetomidine, alfentanil and remifentanil be safely administered? Aliterature search was performed, the evidence was graded, and recommendations were given based on the strength of the available data in the medical literature.

  Management, Pain, Sedation, Pain management and sedation

Risk Assessment and Tools for Identifying Patients at High ...

Below is a list of currently available screening tools and pertinent information: A. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s program “Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses.” In this program, the CDC included Violence Risk Assessment Tools.

  Screening

Risk Assessment and Tools for Identifying Patients at High ...

Below is a list of currently available screening tools and pertinent information: A. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s program “Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses.” In this program, the CDC included Violence Risk Assessment Tools.

  Risks

Guideline for Ultrasound Transducer Cleaning and Disinfection

should undergo low-level disinfection with an agent that is active against hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, HIV and tubercle bacilli. 5. Transducers used internally on mucous membranes and internal orifices should be covered with a high-quality single-use probe cover, where appropriate, followed by high-level disinfection between each use.

  High, Levels, Disinfection, Level disinfection

Example Policies / Protocols Guidelines & Procedures

assessment including vitals, document chief complaint, and the patient's Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS). A nonzero RASS has very good sensitivity and specificity for delirium (Han, AEM 2015). An older adult with a non-zero RASS should also have an ESI of 1 or 2. From our Jan 2018 data (most

  Assessment, Procedures

Emergency Department COVID-19 Management Tool

1 Step 2 - Risk Prognostication Patients with MILD and MODERATE Severity should be further assessed to determine their risk of disease progression. The PRIEST Score is a validated tool to predict a patient's risk for end organ failure and/or mortality using readily available data on initial presentation to the ED. Step 3 - Risk Assessment The CDC maintains a list of underlying …

THE SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS ... - Geriatrics

Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 23, 433-41. Created Date: 5/18/2010 2:31:47 PM ...

  American, Society, Status, Mental, Mental status, Geriatric, American geriatrics society

AGS BEERS CRITERIA TABLE 1: FOR POTENTIALLY …

FROM THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY This clinical tool, based on The AGS 2012 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (AGS 2012 Beers Criteria), has been developed to assist healthcare providers in improving medication safety in older adults.

  American, Society, Medication, Inappropriate, Geriatric, Potentially, For potentially inappropriate medication use in, American geriatrics society

Pain Management for the Geriatric Patient

American Geriatrics Society, Pharmacologic Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons. JAGS 2009. Patient controlled analgesia •Barriers •The built in safety • Negated by proxy dosing • Consider provider administered bolus •Hospital • Post op • Pain crisis ...

  American, Patients, Management, Society, Pain, Geriatric, American geriatrics society, Pain management for the geriatric patient

American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers ...

From the *American Geriatrics Society, New York, New York. Address correspondence to Mary Jordan Samuel, American Geriatrics Society, 40 Fulton St, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10038. E-mail: mjsamuel@americangeriatrics.org See related editorial by Michael Steinman et al. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15767 JAGS 00:1–21, 2019

  American, Society, Geriatric, American geriatrics society

Monitoring COVID-19 vaccination - WHO

demand for data by national and subnational governments, the public, civil society organizations, media, and regional and global immunization partners. This document provides guidance about: minimum and optional data to collect as vaccines are being rolled out and delivered;

  Society, Covid, Covid 19

Principles and Models of Quality Improvement

TM 2 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) notes that the quality improvement model includes four key principles to support successful initiatives:1 A well-defined quality improvement program consists of “systematic activities that are organized and

  Quality, Improvement, Quality improvement