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'''Undergraduate:''' BS Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech 2007
 
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== Class Assignments and Reflections ==
 
== Class Assignments and Reflections ==
  
'''Tuesday, August 19: '''
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[[Tuesday, August 19]] Intro
  
What happens in the ED?
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[[Thursday, August 21]] Class lecture
I was once admitted to the ER for a severe sore throat. I decided to check myself in after the problem progressed to the point where I had difficulty chewing and swallowing. I checked myself in at around 6am and left the ER at 12pm. The ER during this hour was not busy at all; there were probably a total of 3 patients, including me, waiting to be seen. The procedures that I followed are listed below:
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1. Check in with receptionist – insurance info, paper work, etc.
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2. Wait
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3. Nurse triage – get history, vitals, ordered tests, etc.
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4. Wait
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5. Saw the physician for 5-8 minutes
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6. Wait for the test results to come back (I was put in a bed to sleep by this time)
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7. Saw the doctor again and she explained the results, prescribed some medicine
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8. Leave the ER
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I am guessing that the long wait is attributed to lack of staff (nurses and doctors), and waiting for the test results. But six hours is still a pretty long wait.
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After Dr. Ackerman presented his ppt on his work in the ER, I could sympathize a little bit more with why there is such a long wait. There is simply a lot of volume and not enough staff to handle the traffic.
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[[Tuesday, August 26]] Crawford ED visit
  
'''Thursday, August 21: '''
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[[Tuesday, September 2]] ED Brainstorm
  
Questions for Crawford ER:
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[[Tuesday, September 23]] Emory's Emergency Department Field Observations
- What intervals of the day are peak hours, peak months during the year?
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- How many beds for each acuity level?
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- What are the different levels of acuity?
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- The information technology used to keep track of patients progress through the ER.
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== Good Articles ==
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[http://knowledge.emory.edu/article.cfm?articleid=667 Will Technology Rescue the U.S. Healthcare System?]
  
'''Tuesday, August 26:'''
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[http://knowledge.emory.edu/article.cfm?articleid=916# Will Healthcare IT Mean Better Outcomes for Patients and Providers?]
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[http://directmag.com/casehistories/healthcare/marketing_doctor/ The Doctor Is In]
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== Interesting Links ==
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[http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/eclh/eclh_100_time.pdf Timeline for Emory Crawford Long Hospital]
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[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/xmas/keim/keim.html Hospital use by Olympic athletes during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games]
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[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121381381/PDFSTART The 2005 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine: The 2007 Update]

Latest revision as of 09:39, 22 September 2008

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Undergraduate: BS Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech 2007

Graduate: MS Health Systems, Georgia Tech 2009

Current Employment: Research Specialist, Emory University School of Medicine.

My PI is Dr. Arthur English, and my research focuses on axonal regeneration in the peripheral nervous system.

Contact: gtg552y@mail.gatech.edu, (678)267-5422

[edit] Class Assignments and Reflections

Tuesday, August 19 Intro

Thursday, August 21 Class lecture

Tuesday, August 26 Crawford ED visit

Tuesday, September 2 ED Brainstorm

Tuesday, September 23 Emory's Emergency Department Field Observations

[edit] Good Articles

Will Technology Rescue the U.S. Healthcare System?

Will Healthcare IT Mean Better Outcomes for Patients and Providers?

The Doctor Is In

[edit] Interesting Links

Timeline for Emory Crawford Long Hospital

Hospital use by Olympic athletes during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games

The 2005 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine: The 2007 Update

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