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Welcome to ED Orientation
Alina Tsyrulnik MD Assistant Professor Assistant Residency program director Off-service Resident Director Department of Emergency Medicine Yale University School of Medicine
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Goal of this Orientation
Prepare our off-service rotators for patient care in the ED from the moment they start their rotation
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ED Rotation Orientation Process and Resources
Mandatory ED orientation (mandatory): you are here ED online module (mandatory): yaleem.org Resources Full ED Orientation (yaleem.org)
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Objectives of this Orientation
Logistics of working in the ED Your ED team Observations vs. Admission EPIC details Admission/ Discharge Note completion High- Yield Emergency Medicine Topics Cardiac Chest Pain ACS: STEMI vs. NSTEMI Low/ Moderate risk CP Anaphylaxis Trauma Backboard clearance C-spine precautions and clearance E-FAST exam Intoxicated Patient Psychiatric Patient Medical Clearance
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LOGISTICS OF WORKING IN THE ED
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ED Layout Section A: Highest Acuity- open 24/7
2 resident teams Green: 9 beds +2 resuscitation bays Purple: 10 beds + 2 resuscitation bays Staffing: 2 attendings 9am-1am (1 attending 1am-9am) Senior Resident Supervision Trauma: All trauma patients that go to resuscitation bays are designated as “full” or “modified” trauma Off-service residents are not responsible for taking care of “modified” or “full” trauma Off-service residents are responsible for trauma patients that don’t meet “modified” or “full” trauma criteria Section B+C: Lower Acuity- open 24/7 May still get trauma patients that are not “full” or “modified” traumas Staffing At least 3 resident/PA teams in each section during the day supervised by an attending+/- senior resident Senior resident present at high volume times TRIAGE IS NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE- APPROACH EACH PATIENT AS IF THEY COULD BE VERY SICK
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ED Layout- Other areas of Interest
Patient entrances/ triage/ registration areas: Ambulance Waiting Room Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) = Psychiatric ED Separate unit staffed by psychiatry residents, attendings, nurses, techs Prior to going there, patients >50yo must be medically cleared Chest Pain Center (CPC) Separate ED observation unit for low/moderate risk chest pain patients Staffed by B-side attending, PA (during working hours), nurse, tech
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Your team: Attendings Senior ED Resident ED Nurse ED Technician
Supervise multiple teams simultaneously 24/7 in-house coverage for every section of ED Senior ED Resident Not available on every shift ED Nurse ED Technician Information Associate (IA)
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Your ED shift: Arrival and Sign-out
Arrival: at least 5 min. prior to scheduled time A side Green: outside rooms A5-6 Purple: outside rooms A14-15 B side C side Sign-out: Done by attending or senior resident After sign-out See all new patients Introduce self/ re-evaluate old patients
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Your ED shift: Seeing patients
When ready to see a patient, assign your name to switch patient status from “waiting for provider” to “in process” See them within the first 5 min. of arrival in section A or 20min. in section B&C See patients in parallel: essential EM skill Present your patients as soon as you saw them To senior and/or attending Do not pile up patients to present in bulks Enter all lab orders ASAP Notify your nurse of the plan as soon as you know it Charts must be completed by the time patient leaves the department
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Your ED shift: Disposition
Important to notify the patient and nurse as soon as the decision is made NEVER discharge the patient prior to making the ATTENDING AWARE that the patient is being discharged All PMDs need to be notified that their patient was in the ED- admitted patients’ PMDs notified by IA Document all communication in chart AMA discharge: ALWAYS alert the attending ASAP Document capacity to make decision Can not be: intoxicated, mentally retarded, cognitively impaired Give appropriate discharge instructions and prescriptions Encourage return to the ED
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Your ED shift: Admission vs. Observation
Not all patients meet insurance criteria for admission Attending makes the observation vs admission decision Logistics: Put in correct admission order Utilization Managers are specially trained in making the decision Will sometimes ask you to change the admitobs or obsadmit booking Always make the attending aware of the change The attending makes the final decision
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Your ED Shift: Medical Admission
Enter order in EPIC: “ED Admit” Observation vs. Admission Medical vs. Non-medical For medical, pick team: Hospitalist =patient’s PMD is on hospitalist team All other medical admits =no PMD or PMD doesn’t admit to hospitalist YED attending= CPC PCC/ generalist= patient goes to PCC Goodyear =cardiology complaint without Cardiologist or University Cardiology General cardiology =cardiology complaint with private (non-university) Cardiologist Klatsin =ESLD ESRD Donaldson = HIV/AIDS Fill out the rest of the booking (specify tele vs. floor, etc)
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Your ED Shift: Admission to an ICU
Step 1: Make decision with attending Step 2: Call appropriate team for sign-out. Get name of admitting attending. Your are not calling them to get permission to admit, you are calling to give sign-out Step 3: Attending- to- attending sign-out. YNHH admission policy: the ED attending makes the final decision where a patient is admitted Please let your senior resident and/or attending aware of any push-back you get from the admitting team.
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Your ED shift: Admission to CPC
CPC or in-hospital ROMI Both: low/ moderate risk chest pain patients who need a ROMI Observation, telemetry admission Not for ACS patients No nitro drips, no heparin drips CPC: patient will get Stress Test at the end of their admission Your role Place appropriate EPIC order: Order Sets: “ED Chest Pain Observation” EPIC Note: Smartphrase: “.edobsadmit” Order all out-patient medications In-Hospital ROMI: most will NOT get a stress test Patient had a stress in the past year Patient with other diagnoses possible (other than CAD) Patient needs isolation Patient morbidly obese (will not fit stress table) Patient can not self-transfer (onto stress table)
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Other ED Pearls COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL
Team-work is essential to surviving in the ED (both patient and resident): greatest off-service resident pitfall is not communicating with the nurses and attending/senior Let your senior/ attending know: Patient seems to be sicker… than triaged than last time seen than signed out You are feeling overwhelmed and are falling behind You need a break (nourishment/ bodily functions)
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Navigating EPIC in the ED
Log in and pick correct environment: YNH Emergency Adult Sign in Pick your work area
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Navigating EPIC in the ED
Typical day in ED
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ED Notes in EPIC Double click patient name Pick My Note button
My note TAB is open Pick My Note button You are responsible for… HPI: add chief complain ROS PE If you did procedures (e.g. EKG)
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ED Notes in EPIC To view your full note click on Notes
Bellow PE and above Procedures free-text Assessment and Plan MDM What was done/ found in ED Also, free-text PMD/ consultants contacted DO NOT WRITE IN THE “ED COURSE” SECTION
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ED Notes in EPIC When finished documenting: Share
When an attending has signed the note, the system will only let you Sign Pick your attending to Co-sign Do not start 2 separate notes
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Admitting Patient in EPIC
Double click to open patient chart Open Admit Tab Navigate through sections Clinical Impression= diagnosis Manage Orders= “ED admit”… Disposition= admit Open your note and REFRESH
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Discharging Patient in EPIC
Double click to open patient chart Open Discharge Tab Navigate through sections Disposition= discharge Follow-up= pick appropriate MD/ interval of follow-up Clinical Impression= diagnosis Orders= Discharge prescriptions Discharge instructions= diagnosis/ symptoms/ precausions
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Discharging Patient in EPIC
When ready to discharge, open Discharge Tab Pick Preview/ Print Section Click Print Hand Instructions to nurse with signed prescriptions
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Questions
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THE ED PATIENT WITH CHEST PAIN
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Background 5% of all ED visits = 5 million visits per year in the US
One of the highest-risk chief complaints For patient morbidity/ mortality For MD litigation Wide differential- most is high mortality IN THE ED, WE MUST THINK OF WHAT WILL KILL THE PATIENT Acute Coronary Syndrome Pulmonary Embolism Aortic Dissection Pneumonia Pneumothorax Pericarditis Esophageal Rupture
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ACS: STEMI=CATH LAB ACTIVATION
National guidelines for STEMI cath lab activations: Door-to-EKG: 10 minutes Door-to-balloon: 90 minutes All EKGs seen and interpreted by an attending immediately “Cath Lab activation” is done by ED attending Cath lab personnel are assembled (if not in-house overnight) Cath lab attending gives a call to the ED attending to get quick story NO role for… prior to activation: Cardiac enzyme results Cardiology Fellow consult Chest x-ray results Patient needs to be rolling to the cath lab within 25 minutes from arrival at ED triage, having gotten: ASA 325mg Oxygen Plavix/ Ticagrelor (Brilanta) 180mg PO Heparin 5000U +/- morphine +/- nitroglycerin +/- Beta-blocker ACTIVATION IS BASED PURELY ON EKG and PATIENT’S PRESENTATION Don’t give nitro when…
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ACS: STEMI=CATH LAB ACTIVATION
What does the attending look for to activate cath lab? Activation Criteria ST elevations of >1mm in 2 consecutive (anatomical) leads Other signs that may be present Dysrhythmia Reciprocal changes Dynamic changes New LBBB Why should you care? As an MD (doesn’t matter what specialty), you must know what to do with acute chest pain! Anatomical Dystribution Posterior/ Right sided EKG
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ACS: “good story” What if the EKG is not clear-cut, but the patient is giving a “classic MI story” No immediate cath lab activation: role of cardiology consult Resident calls fellow Attending calls attending Instruct the nurse to do q10min. EKGs Dynamic EKG changes activate cath lab Possibilities for ACS: all should get heparin Good story – EKG changes – troponins = unstable angina/ ACS Good story – EKG changes + troponins = NSTEMI/ACS Good story + EKG changes +/- troponins = STEMI/ACS Especially if came in first few hours (<6hr) Bad story/ no CP – EKG + troponins= NOT ACS Look for other causes of troponins ESRD Tachycardia/ Sepsis Myocarditis
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Chest Pain Patient Disposition
Low/ Moderate Risk CP High Risk CP Need a ROMI EKG and enzymes q3-6hrs x 3 times +/- stress In-hospital ROMI vs. CPC Decision made by ED attending in consultation with cardiologist and PMD ACS Heparin gtt unstable vital signs Cardiology team Goodyer / General Cardiology telemetry CCU/CSDU
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Cocaine Use Chest Pain Rule in approx. 6% of time Avoid Beta-Blockade
Treat chest pain and/or tachycardia with benzodiazepines
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Questions
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THE ED PATIENT WITH ANAPHYLAXIS
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Anaphylaxis/ Angioedema
Immediate Medications Epinephrine: Mild- moderate: 0.3mL of 1:1000 dilution IM in thigh May repeat q5min. Up to max 3 doses Severe: 1-5mL of 1:10,000 IV drip over 10min…continuous Solu-Medrol 125mg IV Benadryl 50mg IV Pepcid 20mg IV Fluids Albuterol PRN Why should you care? Anaphylaxis happens on every in-hospital unit Will NOT have time to look up treatment
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Questions
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THE ED TRAUMA PATIENT
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THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED
The Trauma Patient There are triage criteria for activating “trauma alerts” for patients: “full trauma” vs. “modified trauma” You are responsible for those who didn’t meet criteria THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED Most are on back-boards and with c-spine collars Back-boards must be removed within 15 min. of arrival To prevent pressure ulcers To prevent agitation Spinal precautions maintained at all times Never remove a c-collar, never allow a patient to remove a c-collar
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Backboard Clearance 4 person job: need 3 other people
One holding C-spine stability (with collar in place) Two holding torso One (you) palpating spine and rectal tone Tenderness at midline Bruising Lacerations Stepoffs Rectal Tone Gross blood on rectal exam
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Clearing a C-collar Done by senior resident/ attending ONLY
Clinical Rules for clearing C-collars Canadian Nexus Midline tenderness Focal neurological deficits Altered level of consciousness Intoxication Distracting Injury
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Trauma ABCDE’s Airway Breathing Circulation Disability (GCS) Exposure
Document all injuries and formulate a plan for intervention/ imaging if necessary
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FAST exam Focused Assessment by Sonography for Trauma
Ultrasound exam looking for free fluid Abdomen RUQ/ LUQ Pelvis Pericardial Effusion E-FAST: extended FAST Examines for pneumothorax More sensitive than supine x-ray Validated in unstable patients Can not be used to exclude intra-abdominal trauma
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“Pan-Scan” “Pan-scan”= CT scan Contrast: IV and PO Head (no contrast)
C-spine (no contrast) Chest/ Abdomen/ Pelvis (contrast x2) T-/L- Spine reconstructions Contrast: IV and PO PO contrast given by the tech immediately prior to the scan Evaluates duodenal injury Protocol MUCH different from usual PO contrast Must specify this when ordering the study and make nurse aware Usual protocol: wait 2hrs. after PO contrast complete
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More Trauma Pearls Laceration/ Abrasion Beware Vital Signs
Tetanus Contaminated wound: ?Antibiotics Beware ICH Old people: subdural/ intraparenchymal bleeds Splenic lacerations Immediately alert the attending for any vital sign abnormalities or changes in mental status Vital Signs Narrow pulse pressures Mild tachycardia Cause of trauma: mechanical vs. medical
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Questions
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The Intoxicated ED Patient
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Intoxication Need to be screened for other causes of their altered mental status Hypoglycemia Head trauma other toxic ingestions At minimum: vital signs FSG Breathalyzer Consider whether any further testing would change management or disposition Most cases will not need serum overdose/ urine tox Document SI/ HI Re-evaluate after clinical sobriety Screen for desire for detox (HPA consult)
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Intoxicated Patients Clinical sobriety: no slurred speech, normal gait
Alcohol levels decrease by ~ .025/ hour Look over all documents in patient’s chart Police “paper” Requires “physician clearance” Nursing/ triage/ call-in sheets If medical evaluation is negative, and patient is intoxicated, must hold until clinically sober Enter “ED Sobriety Hold” order Patient will be placed in IOU until sobriety
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Overdose: Physical Exam
Vital Signs Pupils Pulmonary Edema Skin Bowel Sounds Mental Status
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Overdose Document SI/ HI on all overdose/ intoxicated patients
SI/HI must be re-assessed when clinically sober Consider overdose in any patient with SI Poison Control must be called for all ingestions/ overdoses (other than street drugs/ etoh) On-call toxicologist is available 24hr Get EKG Consider overdose labs: Serum tox, LFTs, Utox
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Questions
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The ED patient with Psychiatric Complaint or Ingestion
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Medical Clearance Patients going to CIU require medical clearance if
Over 50yo Has any medical PMHx What needs to happen: Full physical exam Consider overdose Some may need: EKG/ CXR/ Basic Labs Medical clearance means: All medical problems resolved no IVs in medically stable Overdose patients are not medically clear Check past charts Psychiatric patients may not be forthcoming with their PMHx Once cleared: Epic order “psych clearance” Alert patient’s nurse
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Questions
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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