EPI Top 5 – 10.24.23
Our regular digest of important links covering news and insights in global emergency medicine. Send us your top links HERE and we’ll include in an upcoming issue.
In This Issue:
In the UK, A&A numbers continue to grow beyond capacity, prompting calls to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare
USA - EM job market shows signs of recovery
Israel–Palestine Emergency relief: Ways to help
Study: Tackling ED diagnostic errors
Innovation: Novel IntelliSep Index sepsis test could help improve outlook for up to 95% of patients
A record 25 million people sought emergency care in UK A&E between April 2022 and March 2023 – a 4% increase from last year. The number of people waiting to be admitted to hospital from the A&E department for 12 hours or more quadrupled this year, despite government efforts to address staff shortages and bed occupancy bottlenecks.
Read more at RCEM>>
EM Job Market in Recovery (USA)
The US EM job market is showing signs of recovery with a 20% increase in openings in fall ’23. Around a third of these are in rural, low volume/acuity facilities.
Source: 2023–2024 Emergency Physician Compensation Report
Providing Relief in Israel-Hamas Conflict
EMS1 has put together a list of nine ways that emergency care workers can volunteer to help during this ongoing crisis. Emergency responders are battling to save maximum lives under extreme conditions, and reports indicate lack of security within hospital facilities, lack of medical supplies, water and electricity along with constant air raids.
Nine Ways to Help>>
Government Study of ED Errors Riddled with Errors
A report published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality stunned experts for its amateurish methods, not its message.
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Sepsis Innovation: Novel ISI Sepsis Test a Life Saver
Sepsis causes 270,000 deaths and costs $38 billion annually in the United States. This study shows that “ISI was both less costly and more effective in preventing mortality than procalcitonin, primarily because of fewer false-negative results. The ISI may provide health systems with a higher-value diagnostic test in ED sepsis evaluation.”
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