Tag: Emergencies / First Aid

Female trauma patients had longer stay in ED, longer time in pretriage, increased likelihood of discharge to nursing or long-term care facilities

New training programs from 2013 to 2020 were disproportionately added to states with already high number of programs

Overall disposition from the emergency department was 1.39 times longer for Hispanic versus non-Hispanic patients

Depression, functional impairment, alcohol use problems, and lower family support ups risk

Exclusion from school, school absence, and foster care involvement also associated with higher risk for self-harm in adolescents

Intervention includes personalized feedback to clinicians and an electronic dashboard for peer comparison

Furthermore, significant changes seen for anxiety, depression, and well-being after therapy dog intervention

Findings seen across psychiatric diagnoses, with stronger association noted among men

Increases seen in visits for certain types of injuries and some chronic diseases; increase in visits related to behavioral concerns

Mental health effect of the pandemic was high for adolescent girls, with increases in specific MHCs