Tag: Emergencies / First Aid

Study models costs of telemedicine intervention to ambulance transfers

Some disparities seen in injury, treatment, and outcomes based on neighborhood opportunity scores

65.1 percent of the injured subjects were female, and about 68 percent were younger than 10 years

Patients may be using factors other than clinical severity to determine their need for emergency care

Visits higher among adolescents versus children, girls than boys, and for Black non-Hispanics versus Hispanics

Non-White patients less likely to receive analgesia

Riders experience significantly more mutilating hand injuries, amputations than riders of all-terrain vehicles

Non-White patients received less acute triage scores despite receiving more involved physician workups for common conditions

Term is often cited in cases involving excessive force by police

Authors say pandemic-related issues, including staffing, pose challenges