Tag: Emergencies / First Aid

After backlash from major hospital and doctor groups, company has put new policy about reimbursement for nonurgent care on hold

One-fourth of accidents requiring emergency department visit result in hospital admission, surgery

Patients presenting with atypical symptoms when calling for help have lower chance of emergency dispatch, increased mortality

Sunday, Monday, holiday, winter, low ambient temperature, large interday or intraday temperature difference strongly linked to OHCA

Highest rates seen for adult men and for children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years

System that uses chest X-ray images, clinical variables had area under the curve of 0.786 for predicting deterioration in 96 hours

Odds of admission for mental health issues also on the rise, as were lengths of stay

More than 90 percent of emergency department visits, hospitalizations from selected nonfatal injuries in 2018 were due to unintentional falls

Incidence highest in Northeast at 110 per 100,000 emergency department visits and among pediatric patients aged 0 to 9 years

Emergency department visits were 25 percent lower during December 2020 to January 2021 versus one year earlier