Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
988 Mental Health Crisis Calls Now Link to Caller Location, Not Area Code
Racial Disparities Seen in Prehospital Stroke Care
Findings seen despite similar use of emergency medical services transport
Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Department
Black patients discharged from ED with diagnosis of interest less likely to have related diagnostic testing than Whites
E-Scooter-Related Injuries Occurring More Frequently and Increasingly Costly
Accidents occur most commonly during nighttime and weekend hours
CDC: Overall ED Visit Rate 47 Visits Per 100 People in 2022
Emergency department visit rates highest for those younger than 1 year and 75 years and older, and for Black and African American non-Hispanic people
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
