Oral Acetaminophen or IV Acetaminophen

BMJ published a a prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial regarding Intravenous versus oral Acetaminophen. 87 participants were enrolled. No superiority was demonstrated in this trial with 1 gram intravenous acetaminophen compared with 2 x 500 mg oral acetaminophen in terms of efficacy of analgesia and no difference in length of stay, patient satisfaction, need […]

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I-PASS

“Sign out”, “Hand off” is one of the critical action for EM physicians. SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is one of the famous procedure to standardize this action. I-PASS initially came for Pediatric literature is an alternative way to summarize and give some standardize protocol for hand off. Pediatrics Academic Medicine

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