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Read the latest addition to the CPI Article Library, “Quick Test for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” The article discusses how a new survey can be used in emergency rooms to predict the likelihood that an injured individual will eventually suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Medical institutions are introducing residency programs that focus on the treatment of addiction as a physical condition, rather than a psychological condition, according to an article in The New York Times.
Doctors in residency will be able to specialize in addiction medicine just as they would focus on any standard specialty, and will treat addictions to alcohol, drugs, prescription medications, and nicotine. Twenty students in various institutions began the program on July 1.
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A study determined that the Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents (BRACHA) tool, a questionnaire made up of 16 questions as well as demographic data, was effective in predicting aggression in children and teenagers.
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Some hospitals are now opening special emergency rooms specifically for seniors. These ERs are designed to be calmer and provide treatment for ailments more specific to the elderly. There is at least an estimated half-dozen such facilities in the country, with more scheduled to open, according to an article on the ABC News website.
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Two Colorado hospitals have taken preventive measures to avoid violence in their emergency rooms, according to an article in the Loveland Reporter-Herald.
The Medical Center of the Rockies and the McKee Medical Center have trained employees on how to prevent violence from occurring and escalating, and have implemented security protocols and designed special rooms and waiting areas for high-risk patients. Nurses at both hospitals are trained annually on how to recognize signs of agitation in patients and how to react.
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Read CEO Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog, “Milwaukee Task Force Findings Presented at Senate Forum.”
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The increase in violence in hospital emergency rooms continues to make headlines due to recent incidents, the latest involving a gunman who shot a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, according to a recent article on the CNN website.
Read more: Growing Trend in Emergency Room Violence…
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