4232.0 Emergency Services and Emergency Department Practices

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session is of interest to emergency medicine practitioners, epidemiologists, and health policy makers and addresses multiple issues ranging from administrative practices in the hospital to interventions conducted in the community.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe injury prevention activities used by firearm departments. 2. Assess the role of health insurance on accuracy of emergency department data. 3. Describe injury types among infants and children.
Moderator:
Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA

2:30 PM
Pediatric Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2003-05
Kimberly R. Middleton, BSN, MPH and Linda McCaig, MPH
           
2:45 PM
National survey of injury prevention activities in U.S. fire departments
Eileen McDonald, MS, Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, ScM, Jennifer Piver-Renna, Michael Griswold, PhD, Angela D. Mickalide, PhD, CHES and Meri-K Appy
           
3:00 PM
How representative are emergency department data for injuries: Influence of health insurance status
Gordon S. Smith, MD, MPH, David A. Lombardi, PhD and Julie Flahive, MS
        
3:15 PM
Assessing and identifying Shaken Baby Syndrome for emergency response personnel
Nena Ray, LPN
           
3:30 PM
An outcome based approach to enhancing EMS systems transport safety
Nadine Levick, MD, MPH and John Russell, MD
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

See more of: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
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