emDocs - November 16, 2020 - By Blake Porter
"Have you ever wondered what your emergency medicine (EM) pharmacist is referring to as you discuss a patient case? Well look no further. In 2018, fourteen EM pharmacists convened to update a previously published review of key articles and guidelines relevant for the EM clinical pharmacist (Thomas 2011, Acquisto 2020). This 52-page updated review systematically identifies and summarizes pertinent research studies and guidelines between 2011 and 2018 related to EM pharmacotherapy. The utility of these articles is not limited to the EM pharmacist; they are relevant to EM physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other clinical staff. This review should also prove to be useful for those practicing within urgent care sites, prehospital medicine, and especially for students, residents, and new EM clinicians. In this Part 1, a selection of these key articles and the author takeaways are summarized below. A more detailed discussion is available in the full paper (Acquisto 2020). Part 2 will discuss pertinent guidelines..."