Access to Firearms: Initiation of Firearm Screening Among Psychiatric Patients in a Pediatric Emergency Department.

Objective: Increase provider screening rates for firearm access among patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) for a psychiatric chief complaint.

Methods: In this resident-driven quality improvement project, a retrospective chart review examined firearm access screening rates among patients presenting to the PED with the chief complaint of "psychiatric evaluation." After establishing our baseline screening rate, the first phase of our plan, do, study, act (PDSA) cycle included implementing Be SMART education for pediatric residents.

Ultrasound-Guided Paravenous Saphenous Nerve Block for Lower Extremity Abscess Incision and Drainage in a Male Adolescent.

The use of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia is growing as a modality for analgesia provision within the pediatric emergency department. We present a case in which a paravenous saphenous nerve block was used for anesthesia during incision and drainage of a lower extremity abscess. We further review the technique and literature concerning this straightforward and effective procedure.

A national survey of hemochromatosis patients.

Background: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a common genetic disease in the United States, but little is known about the diagnosis from the patient's perspective. The purpose of this study was to characterize the circumstances surrounding the diagnosis of HH and assess treatments and health information needs.

Methods: We surveyed US adults aged 18 years and older who were diagnosed with HH after 1996.