Clinical Pharmacy Case Studies

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-166
Author(s):  
Margaret M. McCarhon
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Medical Material ◽  
Normal Laboratory

This series of case studies has been prepared by the faculty of the Department of Clinical Education and Services at U.S.C. School of Pharmacy as a continuing education course for pharmacists. The cases are meant to be studied in sequence; concepts and laboratory test evaluations presented in one case will be used in subsequent cases. All normal laboratory test values will be those used at the Los Angeles County/U.S.C. Medical Center; values may differ at other hospitals depending on the method used. Medical material is presented to give the pharmacist an understanding of the case, it is not meant to teach the pharmacist diagnosis. The cases have been altered for teaching purposes so that they do not represent actual cases.

Clinical Pharmacy Case Studies

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Margaret M. McCarron
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Medical Material ◽  
Normal Laboratory

This series of case studies has been prepared by the faculty of the Department of Clinical Education and Services at U.S.C. School of Pharmacy as a continuing education course for pharmacists. The cases are meant to be studied in sequence; concepts and laboratory test evaluations presented in one case will be used in subsequent cases. All normal laboratory test values will be those used at the Los Angeles County/U.S.C. Medical Center; values may differ at other hospitals depending on the method used. Medical material is presented to give the pharmacist an understanding of the case, it is not meant to teach' the pharmacist diagnosis. The cases have been altered for teaching purposes so that they do not represent actual cases.

Prehospital Emergency Provider’s Knowledge of and Comfort With Pediatric and Special Needs Cases: A Cross-Sectional Study in Los Angeles County

2021 ◽  
pp. 016327872110039
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Rogers ◽  
Marianne Gausche-Hill ◽  
Laurie Lee Brown ◽  
Rita V. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Special Health

The current study assesses the relationship between continuing education (CE) with a focus on pediatrics and children with special heath care needs and how CE influences the knowledge and comfort levels of prehospital providers who treat these cases. Data are survey responses provided by paramedic and emergency medical technician (EMT) level providers (N = 575) in Los Angeles County. Regression models assessed the relationship between pediatric-focused continuing education and EMTs’ knowledge of and comfort with pediatric cases, adjusting for relevant covariates. EMTs’ participation in continuing education focusing on pediatrics and special health care needs was significantly associated with an increase in perceived comfort and knowledge. Among EMTs who did not receive continuing education focused on either pediatrics or special health care needs, the most frequently reported barrier to education was a perceived lack of availability. The impact of continuing education on perceived comfort and knowledge was more pronounced than the effect of prior experience, especially considering the limited prevalence of provider exposure to pediatric and childhood special health care needs cases compared to adult cases. Expanding educational opportunities is a promising approach to increasing the comfort and knowledge of EMTs who transport and care for pediatric cases.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 infection among cancer patients treated at the Los Angeles County Medical Center

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 100273
Author(s):  
Lauren Antrim ◽  
Stephen Capone ◽  
Stephen Dong ◽  
David Chung ◽  
Sonia Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Medical Center

Development of neurosurgery in Southern California and the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center

1993 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
John H. Schneider ◽  
Martin H. Weiss ◽  
William T. Couldwell
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Content Type ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Southern California School ◽  
The University

✓ The Los Angeles County General Hospital has played an integral role in the development of medicine and neurosurgery in Southern California. From its fledgling beginnings, the University of Southern California School of Medicine has been closely affiliated with the hospital, providing the predominant source of clinicians to care for and to utilize as a teaching resource the immense and varied patient population it serves.

Assessing Blood Administering Practices

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (7) ◽  
pp. 595-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira A. Shulman ◽  
Sunita Saxena ◽  
Lois Ramer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Health Care Financing ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Blood Component ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Health Care Financing Administration

Abstract The risk that a red blood cell unit will be associated with an ABO-incompatible transfusion is currently slightly greater than the aggregate risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus, human T-cell lymphotropic virus, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus by transfusion. Since the most common cause for ABO-incompatible transfusion is the failure of transfusionists to properly identify a patient or a blood component before a transfusion, transfusion services are encouraged to evaluate and monitor the processes of dispensing and administering blood. In addition, a proposal of the Health Care Financing Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services would require hospitals to use a data-driven quality assessment and performance improvement program that evaluates the dispensing and administering of blood and that ensures that each blood product and each intended recipient is positively identified before transfusion. The Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center assesses the blood dispensing and administering process as proposed by the Health Care Financing Administration. During the fourth quarter of 1997, 85 blood transfusions were assessed for compliance with the Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center policies and procedures: 55 transfusion episodes had no variance from institutional protocol and 30 had one or more variances. Of the transfusions with at least one variance, 16 had one or more variances involving the identification of the patient, the component, or the paperwork. The remaining 14 transfusions had one or more variances involving other criteria (nonidentification items). The most frequent variance was the failure to document vital signs during the first 15 minutes after a transfusion was started or after 50 mL of a component had been transfused. No variances in patient or blood component identification were noted in nursing units whose staff routinely performed self-assessment of blood administering practices. Based on these findings, a corrective action plan was implemented. Follow-up assessments (n = 63) were conducted after 3 months (during the second quarter of 1998). The compliance with the pretransfusion identification protocol improved from 81% to 95%. The most common reason for noncompliance continued to be a lack of checking vital signs. This report demonstrates the value of using a data-driven program that assesses blood administering practices.

Evaluating the Energy Savings From Community Scale Solar Water Heating in Los Angeles County: Residential Case Studies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Cudd ◽  
Kevin Anderson ◽  
Wael Yassine
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Water Heating ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Solar Water Heating ◽  
Solar Water ◽  
Residential Developments ◽  
Building Characteristics

Abstract Estimation of Energy Savings from Community Scale Solar Water Heating in Los Angeles County explores the extent to which community scale solar water heating systems, designed for residential structures in Los Angeles County and constructed from currently available technology, can displace natural gas for domestic water heating through a series of case studies. The effects of policy, urban form, and building characteristics on the performance of solar water heating systems, as well as community scale solar water heating’s potential to reduce emissions from the residential housing sector, are discussed herein. Three public and three private residential developments were selected as case studies for community scale solar water heating, with numbers of units and residents ranging from the tens to hundreds. These six cases were draw from the pool of approximately 19,000 “energy communities” in Los Angeles County, i.e. residential developments where the installation and operation of community scale solar water heating systems is broadly feasible. The six properties were also chosen to represent a cross-section housing stock and development patterns common in Los Angeles County, and different levels of suitability for solar water heating. The performance of and energy savings from solar water heating systems on each of these properties is then evaluated using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s System Advisor Model (NREL SAM). The results of the system simulations reveal how building characteristics and hot water demand affect the performance of community scale solar water heating systems. The case study sites’ system simulations show that residential developments with community scale solar water heating systems reach an average solar fraction of 50%. The results of the case studies indicate that community scale solar water heating is viable as an emissions reduction technology for the residential building sector in Mediterranean climates. However, side-by-side comparison with solar PV systems and other water heating technologies (such as grid-connected heat pumps) is necessary to determine optimality in terms of cost, emissions reduction, and thermal efficiency) in specific contexts.

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