Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
Pediatric Water Bead-Related Emergency Visits Increasing in U.S.
More than half of cases involved children younger than 5 years; all admissions in children younger than 5 years involved ingestions
Uptick in Psychiatric Emergency Visits Seen With School Reopening
Findings seen for school reopening following pandemic-related disruptions
Red Cross Issues Blood Shortage Alert as Summer Heat Cuts Donations
Life-Sustaining Treatment Ends Sooner for Uninsured Trauma Patients
Findings compared with U.S. adult trauma patients with private or Medicaid insurance
Relatively High Frequency of Emergency Complications Seen for Dermatological Procedures
53 percent of dermatologists reported emergency complications during dermatological and surgical procedures; 43.2 percent during cosmetic procedures
Fake Oxycontin Pills Widespread and Potentially Deadly: Report
Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests
Low Quantity of Opioids Used After ED Discharge for Acute Pain
63 percent of opioid tablets prescribed unused in the two weeks after discharge; use varied across pain conditions
Racial, Ethnic, Economic Disparities Identified in Adoption of PCI Services
Hospitals serving communities with large proportion of Black, Hispanic residents, residential segregation less likely to adopt PCI services
Low Incidence of Delayed Intracranial Hemorrhage Seen in Seniors After Head Injury
No differences seen in rates of delayed ICH between those who have been versus those who have not been prescribed anticoagulants
