Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
EMS Encounters for Opioid-Involved OD Rates Up 2018 to 2022
Highest rates and largest rate increases seen in urban counties and counties with higher unemployment rates
Recommendations Issued for Medical Response to Mass Shootings
Eight recommendations have been endorsed by emergency medical services clinicians, emergency medicine doctors, surgeons
America’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launches Saturday
New three-digit number is easy to remember, free, available 24/7, and confidential
If Woman’s Life Is in Danger, Doctors Must Offer Abortion: Biden Administration
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act applies to providers in all states, including those that now ban abortions
Firearm Injury ED Visit Rate Up With Higher Social Vulnerability
Similar patterns seen for Social Vulnerability Index themes of socioeconomic status and housing type and transportation
Addressing Social Needs May Cut Hospitalizations
Findings for adult Medicaid patients, although cost savings may not sustain the case management program
All-Cause ED Visits, Hospitalization Up With Cannabis Use
No significantly increased risk of respiratory-related emergency department use or hospitalization for cannabis users versus controls
Donor Sex, Parity Do Not Up Mortality for Red Blood Cell Recipients
After adjustment for donor hemoglobin levels, no increased risk seen for requiring additional transfusion after transfusion from female donor
Many Localities Not Ready for Launch of 988 Mental Health Hotline
Gaps in strategic planning, financial preparedness, availability of services, and system coordination are reported
Four in 10 U.S. Adults Not Comfortable Performing CPR
Lack of training, fear of hurting someone, and legal consequences are top reasons cited for not performing CPR
