Tag: Emergencies / First Aid

Ask Suicide-Screening Questions instrument also performs well for universal screening in emergency departments

Following emergency department discharge, 31.2 and 55.8 percent of children had outpatient visit within seven and 30 days, respectively

Authors say providers should routinely ask older adults about cannabis use

Decrease seen in rate and percentage of emergency department visits with opioid prescribed at discharge from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020

While 76 percent felt comfortable calling 911, only 55 percent knew hands-only CPR

Emergency departments in highest quartile of pediatric readiness had lower in-hospital mortality among injured and medically ill children

Only about 5.7 percent of patients receive incorrect diagnosis, with about 2.0 percent suffering adverse events as a result

Predictors of emergency department avoidance include lower income, being uninsured, poor or fair mental/physical health, and younger age

Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits

Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits