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Domestic Violence and the Emergency Department Patient
Domestic Violence and the Emergency Department Patient

A 25-year-old woman with a past medical history of anxiety presents to the emergency department with right sided chest pain. She describes approximately two hours prior to arrival, she tripped in the bathroom while bathing her child, striking the right side of her chest on the tub. She denies head strike or loss of consciousness, shortness of breath or abdominal pain…

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Community EM, Legal, Public Health, Social EM, Harm ReductionKatie MillerDomestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Elder AbuseComment
Disparities in Diagnostic Imaging in the ED: A Brief Review of Recent Literature from 2018-2022
Disparities in Diagnostic Imaging in the ED: A Brief Review of Recent Literature from 2018-2022

Research has demonstrated significant disparities in healthcare access and quality as well as health outcomes for communities that have been historically marginalized or excluded. Diagnostic imaging—and differences in clinical decision-making around which patients undergo imaging and when—is one such area that has been a topic of interest in recent literature…

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Public Health, Health Equity, Social EMKelsey KolbePublic Health, Health Equity, Racial DisparitiesComment