Emergency Room Articles & Analysis
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Did you know that more than 12,000 children in the United States are sent to emergency rooms each year due to food-related choking incidents? Even more heartbreakingly, at least three children around the world die every day from choking on food or small objects. ...
According to a recent study, remote patient monitoring systems can reduce hospitalization rates by 25% and emergency room visits by 19% while reducing healthcare costs by an average of $1,500 per patient per year. ...
The FDA considers such activities to be the commercialization of an unapproved device."3 FDA approval around sepsis detection and sepsis alert algorithms are monumentally important when it comes to outcomes. Sepsis is a medical emergency and if left untreated or not treated in a timely fashion, becomes a runaway train for a patient’s immune system. ...
Patient History Patient is a 40-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes. Patient presented to the Emergency Room with a diabetic foot ulcer and infection. The surgeon took the patient to the OR for debridement, drained the infection, and started antibiotics. ...
Preventing Flu in the First Place “After you and your family have lived through the flu once, it’s safe to say you’ll want to do anything you can to prevent future infection,” said Emergency Medical Physician and Engineer, Dr. Jae Pak. Many doctors and government entities such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that ...
Care management programs, such as PCM, improve patient overall health and reduce emergency room and hospital visits, by making it easier for patients to access their care team, and manage their symptoms to effectively stay on treatment. ...
This novel approach can be performed in the ICU, emergency room, and eventually outside of the hospital setting, substantially reducing costs for tube placement. ...
ByCoapTech
University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas is now using the all-in-one kit from Arbutus Medical for all skeletal traction procedures that come into their emergency room, saving the hospital time, money, and making this orthopedic procedure faster and less painful for patients. The hospital’s emergency department (ED) usually performs 3-5 ...
The investigators anticipated that serious adverse events, including hospitalizations overall, as well as hospitalizations and emergency room visits for specific conditions of interest, might be related to more intensive treatment of blood pressure with medicines. ...
Practical application: Recovery during COVID-19 When a person first has a stroke, the common pathway in the US medical system often involves a visit to the emergency room at the onset of symptoms, followed by a stay in the acute care unit for urgent treatment if needed. ...
With a mental health crisis looming, Canadians look to digital solutions Here we are, in 2021, more than a year after the start of a pandemic that nobody could have predicted. With concerns over vaccines, travel bubbles and COVID-19 variants, it almost makes sense that our collective mental health seems to be deteriorating. Reports seem to be rolling in almost daily about workers’ mental ...
ByCority
Health care facilities are as varied as the people they serve and the treatments they provide. From hospital emergency rooms, family practices, dental offices, and cosmetic surgery suites to assisted living complexes. ...
Study Objective: In the face of heightened concerns over nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) terrorist attack or accident , in the federal government has mandated an increase in the number of positive and negative pressure isolation rooms. Currently these rooms represent a scarce hospital resource, especially in Eds that may have only 1 or 2 available. It ...
Some orthopedists specialize in trauma remedy and can be determined in emergency rooms and trauma centers treating injuries. Others discover their work overlapping with plastic surgeons, geriatric specialists, pediatricians, or podiatrists (foot care specialists). ...
Telemedicine, or the ability for a doctor to complete a patient examination remotely utilizing technology, is not a new concept. In fact, the concept dates back to 1925 when Hugo Gernsback published a theory that remote aperture that could be controlled wirelessly to help a doctor physically “examine” a patient. Today’s telemedicine has advanced tremendously with the advent of ...
Arbutus Medical has developed and patented a radically affordable orthopedic drilling kit to combat rising healthcare costs and improve access to safe surgical power tools around the world. In September 2019, the kit was implemented at a leading trauma center in the United States for use in damage control ...
The most violent assaults of health care workers happen in emergency rooms and psychiatric wards. In October 2013, a mental health worker in Nelson was beaten unconscious by a patient who had made threats. ...
High School Sports Concussions Lucy, a 15-year-old female is competing in a karate tournament a few hours from her home. She is a black belt and has been working very hard to place in the tournament. While in the semi-final match, she was caught with a round-house kick to her head. She was wearing headgear and she did not get knocked down. Following the match, which she lost, her parents and her ...
Falls and sprained ankles are common injuries – sometimes even head trauma and broken bones result. Hundreds of emergency room admissions occur annually as a result of aggressive Canada geese – most of these in the spring. ...
The VSL is not significantly lower for older persons, but is higher for persons who have been admitted to a hospital or emergency room for cardiovascular and respiratory problems. Income is positively and significantly associated with WTP. ...