The 10 Commandments

of Emergency Medicine

急診十誡

Adapted from Annals of Emergency Medicine 10 Oct. 1991

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Secure the ABCs 穩定 呼吸道、呼吸、循環

Consider or give naloxone, glucose and thiamine

（意識不清病患）考慮給予 naloxone, glucose 及 thiamine

Get a pregnancy test （年輕女性腹痛） 做懷孕試驗

Assume the worst-rule out serious disease

假定最糟的狀況，排除致命的診斷

Do not sent

unstable patients

to radiology

勿送不穩定病患

到放射檢查室

Look for the

common red flags

尋找常見的警示

Trust no one, believe nothing (not even yourself)

check lab results and rethink clinical decisions

勿輕信任何人、任何事 （包括你自己）

確認檢驗報告，重新做臨床診斷

Learn from your mistakes

從錯誤中學習

Do unto others as you would your family (and that includes coworkers)

視病猶親

When in doubt, err on the side of the patient

當猶豫不決時，以病患的利益為優先考量

Remember, malpractice is

usually a result of violating

one of the 10 commandments!

切記！

醫療過失常始因於

違反急診十誡！