ED Management articles from January 2003

ED Management archives from January 2003

ED managers react to threat against hospitals: here are security strategies: solutions range from ID badges to revamped lockdown procedures.
January 1, 2003... Executive Summary A recent terrorist threat against hospitals has put emergency departments on heightened alert. * Lockdown procedures are being practiced. * Identification badges are worn by staff and visitors. * Tabletop...

Do you know who will be vaccinated at your ED? It's time to make decisions about smallpox.
January 1, 2003... Executive Summary The administration of the smallpox vaccine is imminent, so emergency department managers are making difficult decisions about which individuals should be vaccinated. * If all attending physicians are vaccinated, these...

Critical-care transport team improves care. (ED Benchmarking Success).
January 1, 2003... Executive Summary A critical-care transport team can prevent adverse outcomes, improve patient flow, and reduce delays. * The team carries equipment and medications that can save a patient's life. * Emergency department (ED)...

Could your ED meet a 15-minute service pledge? (ED Benchmarking Success).
January 1, 2003... Executive Summary Patients dissatisfied with long waits is one of the most pressing problems that emergency department (ED) managers must address, and there is a trend of EDs offering service guarantees to patients to obtain higher...

EMTALA Q & A.(Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act)
January 1, 2003... [Editor's Note: This column is part of an ongoing series that will address reader questions about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). If you have a question you'd like answered, contact Staci Kusterbeck, Editor, ED...

French ED, Sole ML, Byers JF. A comparison of nurses' needs/concerns and hospital disaster plans following Florida's Hurricane Floyd.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... J Emerg Nurs 2002; 28:111-117. Emergency department (ED) nurses are concerned primarily about family safety, pet care, and personal safety while at work during disasters, says this study from University of Central Florida School of Nursing...

CE/CME questions.
January 1, 2003... Save your monthly issues with the CE/CME questions to take the semester tests in June and December issues. A Scantron sheet will be inserted in those issues, but the questions will not be repeated. 19. Which of the following is recommended...

Bomb threats--bomb on site. (Northwest Community Hospital Administrative Policy).
January 1, 2003... PURPOSE To mitigate the implications of a bomb threat. To collaborate with law enforcement in their investigation. To prevent injury to patients, visitors, and employees in the presence of a bomb. POLICY Northwest...

Emergency preparedness tiered response protocol--Code Yellow: Level Four. (Northwest Community Hospital Administrative Policy).
January 1, 2003... Effective Date: 2/12/02 PURPOSE: The purpose of this policy is to provide direction for implementing the highest level of campus security while appropriately allocating resources to accommodate critical needs, in the face of an...

Memorandum.(smallpox vaccine)
January 1, 2003... To: Inova Health System Disaster Preparedness Task Force From: Dan Hanfling, MD, Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness Re: Health Care Work Force Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination Strategy Date: Nov. 21,2002 ...