Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Impact of Emergency Department and Physician

UF/EM Journal Club

ARTICLES:

The Impact of Emergency Physician-Initiated Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Mean Door-to-Balloon Time in Patients with ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol 50, No. 5, pp 527-534.

The Impact of Emergency Department Crowding Measures on Time to Antibiotics for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp 510-516.

An Expedited Code Stroke Protocol is Feasible and Safe.
Stroke. Vol. 37; No.12, pp 2935-2939.

JOURNAL CLUB ASSESSMENT FORM

All residents should be prepared to discuss all of the articles.
There will be no advanced notice given to residents who will be chosen to present on Tuesday.