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Support the CDC’s World Sickle Cell Day Social Media Campaign!
Have you experienced barriers to care in the emergency department? In recognition of World Sickle Cell Day on June 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is:
• Raising awareness of the barriers people with sickle cell disease face when they come into the emergency department with severe pain, and:
• Highlighting ways emergency providers might improve the quality of care they provide.
Support their efforts by sending them a selfie and finishing one or more of the following statements:
• I like when ED providers…
• If I could change one thing about the care provided to people with sickle cell in the ED, it would be…
• When I have to go to the ED for treatment, I feel…
• One of the things I do in the ED to help manage my pain is…
• When I’m in the ED, I miss out on…
• Or create your own!
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