Barriers to Practice in the ED
“Don’t give up, even on the slow days! Change takes time!”
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September 2023
Streamlining ED Care in Singapore
“We need to collaborate with all the healthcare professionals that we work with for the best patient outcomes.”
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Keeping People At Home and Out of the Hospital
“Staying at home, instead of a nursing home, is a highly relevant patient-centered goal for most of our patients.”
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Staying on the Softer Side
This is when it really hit me. That reminder of the tragedies of life. Most of the patients I was planning to see were my age or younger, beset by, at best, completely life altering circumstances laden with permanent disability, and at worst, fatal diagnosis. That heaviness might not impact others the way it does me. But for me it feels like this huge weighted blanket of grief mixed with possibility. I remembered why I prefer the acute emergency, the limited involvement, the hopeful possibilities in the ED, and why I had somewhat distanced myself from this type of patient care.
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Starting an ED Practice in a Rural or Urban Area
“Most patients seen by a PT in the ER are there for a perceived emergency. Education helps the patient understand their symptoms. Understanding calms symptoms, gives patients a locus of control, hope, and a path to start down.”
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