Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
March 2019 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for March 2019. This roundup includes the...
Discharge, Interhospital Transfer Varies With Insurance Status
Uninsured patients more likely to be discharged, transferred versus privately insured patients
Three Interventions Involved in Decrease in Combat Mortality
Increased use of tourniquets, blood transfusions, rapid prehospital transport time key to mortality reduction
ED Visits in Colorado More Frequent for Inhaled Versus Edible Cannabis
Visits for edible cannabis more likely to be for acute psychiatric symptoms, intoxication
Female Emergency Physicians Paid Less Than Males
Findings based on analysis of academic emergency medicine physicians from 2013 to 2017
2011 to 2015 Saw Increase in Psychiatric ED Visits for Youth
Largest increases in emergency department visits seen for teens, African-Americans, Hispanic patients
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Third Leading Cause of DALYs
Disability-adjusted life year rates 1,347 per 100,000 individuals, behind ischemic heart disease, back pain
About 360,000 ED Visits Were for Nonmedical Drug Abuse in 2016
More than half of estimated visits also involved nonpharmaceutical substances, including drugs, alcohol
February 2019 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for February 2019. This roundup includes the...
HEART Care Pathway Reduces Admission, Stress Testing in ACS
Hospitalization/observation, noninvasive stress testing significantly reduced postimplementation
