Mel, 1% "or less" of your patient's in your ED are seeking?! Yah right! Either you are not seeing what is really going on or your hospital is skewed WAY to the left of the bell curve. It is an epidemic in Ohio. More people die from accidental Rx pain killer overdoses here than MVC's, gunshot wounds, animal attacks, EtOH, and homicides. It is a huge problem. LOVE LOVE LOVE EMRAP....keep em coming!
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Michael N. H. - February 20, 2012 11:34 AM
This talk is made even more prescient by the following article:
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/painkiller-boom-fueled-by-networking-dp3p2rn-139609053.html
andrew d. - November 6, 2013 6:47 PM
Mel, 1% "or less" of your patient's in your ED are seeking?! Yah right! Either you are not seeing what is really going on or your hospital is skewed WAY to the left of the bell curve. It is an epidemic in Ohio. More people die from accidental Rx pain killer overdoses here than MVC's, gunshot wounds, animal attacks, EtOH, and homicides. It is a huge problem.
LOVE LOVE LOVE EMRAP....keep em coming!