A chat with an ED clinical pharmacist

Integrating an ED clinical pharmacist was a complete practice changer for us at UC Davis! It is a positive trend across the US and in this episode, we talk with Chris Adams, Clinical Senior Pharmacist at UC Davis.



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Host:



Dr. Julia Magaña, Associate Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UC Davis



Guest:



Chris Adams, Clinical Senior Pharmacist at UC Davis

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Thank you to the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine for supporting this podcast and to Orlando Magaña at OM Audio Productions for audio production services.



Resources:



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Jacoby JS, Draper HM, Dumkow LE, Farooq MU, DeYoung GR, Brandt KL. Emergency medicine pharmacist impact on door-to-needle time in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Neurohospitalist. 2018;8(2):60-65.



Moussavi K, Nikitenko V. Pharmacist impact on time to antibiotic administration in patients with sepsis in an ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2016;34(11):2117-2121.



Patanwala AE, Sanders AB, Thomas MC, et al. A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59(5):369-373.