Tag: Emergencies / First Aid

Child drownings remain the leading cause of unintentional death among U.S. children ages 1 to 4

Disparities greater in nonurban areas; in both urban and rural areas, tracts with more uninsured people and a larger proportion of American Indians were farther from stroke centers

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