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Refusal Of Care In The Emergency Department: Self-Reported Reasons For Leaving Without Completing Treatment, Brenden Drerup Jan 2020

Refusal Of Care In The Emergency Department: Self-Reported Reasons For Leaving Without Completing Treatment, Brenden Drerup

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Objective: Emergency department (ED) patients may choose to leave prior to physician evaluation, elope during treatment, or leave against medical advice during treatment. This study was performed to identify the reasons why patients left the ED before completing treatment. Methods: This prospective study was conducted at Miami Valley Hospital, an urban level 1 trauma center. This study identified ED patients who left before completing treatment, including those who left without being seen (LWBS), eloped during treatment, or left against medical advice (AMA), from September to December of 2018. This project included a chart review and a prospective patient telephone survey. …


Development Of An Audio Visual Tool For Medical Training At Kennedy Space Center, Rimawi, Nidal El Jan 2006

Development Of An Audio Visual Tool For Medical Training At Kennedy Space Center, Rimawi, Nidal El

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As part of an effort to improve efficiency of space-flight medical support at Kennedy Space Center, a training video was created to replace a series of lectures given before a launch or landing of the Space Shuttle. The video was designed to familiarize volunteer physicians from around the country with the specific emergency response protocols for a Space Shuttle launch or landing emergency at Kennedy Space Center. The methods used were consistent with standard film making techniques as outlined in several film making texts. The Production was divided into three phases; A pre-production phase wherein the research, screenwriting and production …