Pediatrics
Your child is sick. Do you call your doctor or head to the ER?
It's a common dilemma when your child seems sick: Do you call the doctor, make a trip to urgent care or head straight to the emergency room?
Nov 23, 2022
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News tagged with emergency calls
Ophthalmology
Hand sanitizer is harming kids' eyes, often seriously
(HealthDay)—The explosive rise in use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dangerous, unintended consequence: eye injuries among children.
Jan 25, 2021
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Health
Targeting top 911 callers can trim cost, improve patient care
Repeated unnecessary 911 calls are a common drain on the manpower and finances of emergency medical services, but a pilot program that identified Baltimore City's top 911 callers and coupled them with a case worker has succeeded ...
Apr 14, 2011
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Medications
Opioid crisis brings concerns about heart dangers
Dan Willard doesn't remember a thing from those fateful 48 hours. Not what happened to the 32 pills of prescribed painkiller—nor how his daughter dragged his body from the chair to the floor so she could follow the emergency ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Co-housing and dementia villages: Social innovations offer alternatives for long-term care
COVID-19 has amplified existing cracks in the long-term care (LTC) system in Canada. We need socially innovative solutions to help seniors age safely and with dignity.
Jan 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China faces soaring Covid cases as hardline policy eases
COVID cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said Monday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.
Dec 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China COVID pivot sparks jitters worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing COVID-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
Dec 28, 2022
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Health
Wide variation in emergency service response to elderly falls patients
The ambulance service response to emergency calls for elderly falls patients varies widely across the UK, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Mar 27, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Trauma survivor support reduces return trips to hospital
If hospitals consistently and comprehensively support trauma survivors with mental health needs, including after they're discharged, the survivors are less likely to find themselves back in the hospital in crisis, a new study ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Health
Study of returns to the ER suggests lack of follow-up care
No one wants to make a repeat visit to the emergency room for the same complaint, but new research suggests it's more common than previously thought and surprisingly, people frequently wind up at a different ER the second ...
Jun 14, 2015
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