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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 90% of emergency departments in the U.S. regularly reported overcrowding, and wait times averaged more than 2.5 hours in 2022, according to a commentary published ...
5 min read. Hospital emergency rooms (or departments) deal with sudden illnesses and injuries. They maintain preparedness for every kind of health emergency, including vehicular accidents, heart ...
You may want to visit an emergency department for dizziness if you have a history of: head trauma. heart disease. high blood pressure. stroke. syncope (fainting) nausea. vomiting. Older adults may ...
a high fever. muscle weakness. changes to speech or vision. numbness or tingling sensation. convulsions. confusion or changes in awareness. facial drooping/weakness. A migraine headache that comes ...
Q&A: Lenox Hill Doctor Discusses Netflix Series and Life in a New York City Emergency Room. Dr. Mirtha Macri was one of four doctors featured in the Netflix documentary “Lenox Hill.”. Image ...
Pediatric emergency department visits for firearm injuries became twice as common during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research published Monday, in the journal Pediatrics.
Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president American College of Emergency Physicians. In late August, Texas hospitals were suddenly overwhelmed with an average of more than 1,700 emergency patients each day. "All of a sudden, it's an exponential rise again in the middle of the summer," stated the general medicine physician at the University of Texas Medical Hospital in Dallas. Staffing was also more of a ...
Being prepared may help you avoid huge medical bills. Here are five tips to get better and more affordable care during a medical emergency. 1. Don't Assume the ER Is the Right Place for You. You ...