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Arabs or Jews, children who need pain relief in the ER get it
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Pain • Sep 03 15

Arabs or Jews, children who need pain relief in the ER get it

Children with broken bones or joint dislocations in northern Israel emergency departments received equal pain treatment, regardless of their ethnicity or the ethnicity… Arabs or Jews, children who need pain relief in the ER get it   

 
 

Smoking and drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 22 15

Smoking and drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits

Smokers are four times more likely than non-smokers to become frequent visitors of emergency rooms.

That is one of the findings uncovered by a… Smoking and drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits   

 
 

Heroin sends more young adults to California emergency rooms
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 09 15

Heroin sends more young adults to California emergency rooms

The number of young adults admitted to California hospital emergency rooms with heroin poisoning increased sixfold over the past decade, the state said, the… Heroin sends more young adults to California emergency rooms   

 
 

Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • May 05 15

Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use

An intervention to connect low-income uninsured and Medicaid patients to a reliable source of primary health care shows promise for reducing avoidable use of… Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use   

 
 

Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning
• Drug Abuse • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Apr 17 15

Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning

Droperidol is safe and effective for calming violent and aggressive emergency patients, and the negative effects that garnered a black box warning from the… Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning   

 
 

How to crowdsource the world for emergency medicine
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Apr 02 15

How to crowdsource the world for emergency medicine

Two new studies, published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine, illustrate the power of social media and the Internet to promote scholarly dialogue… How to crowdsource the world for emergency medicine   

 
 

Decision-support program helps keep seniors out of the emergency room
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Aging and Gerontology • Sep 18 14

Decision-support program helps keep seniors out of the emergency room'

An Emergency Room Decision-Support (ERDS) program can significantly reduce ER visits and hospital admissions among older adults on Medicare. This could have important economic… Decision-support program helps keep seniors out of the emergency room   

 
 

Text Message Medicine: Texts from the ER Can Reduce Binge Drinking
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 11 14

Text Message Medicine: Texts from the ER Can Reduce Binge Drinking

Young adults who screened positive for a history of hazardous or binge drinking reduced their binge drinking by more than 50 percent after… Text Message Medicine: Texts from the ER Can Reduce Binge Drinking   

 
 

Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids: New AAP guidelines
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 27 14

Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids- New AAP guidelines

Today the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued an updated policy statement making recommendations and highlighting gaps in knowledge about the treatment of children… Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids: New AAP guidelines   

 
 

U.S. OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Pain • Apr 03 14

U.S. OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a painkiller overdose treatment in a portable device that will allow people without medical training to use in emergency… U.S. OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths   

 
 

Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in emergency departments
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Sexual Health • Mar 12 14

Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in emergency departments

A new study out of Western University (London, Canada) has found the majority of transgender patients have had a negative experience when it comes… Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in emergency departments   

 
 

Decriminalizing Pot May Land More Kids in the ER
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 05 14

Decriminalizing Pot May Land More Kids in the ER

States that decriminalized marijuana saw dramatic increases in children requiring medical intervention, although the overall number of unintentional marijuana exposures among children remained… Decriminalizing Pot May Land More Kids in the ER   

 
 

NHS 111 increases ambulance and urgent and emergency care use
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Nov 13 13

NHS 111 increases ambulance and urgent and emergency care use

The call handling service NHS 111 increased the use of ambulance and urgent and emergency care services during its first year of operation, shows… NHS 111 increases ambulance and urgent and emergency care use   

 
 

New study assesses injuries seen in the emergency department to children of teenage parents
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Nov 07 13

New study assesses injuries seen in the emergency department to children of teenage parents

Although the number of children born to teenage parents has decreased since the 1990s, these children continue to be at an increased risk for… New study assesses injuries seen in the emergency department to children of teenage parents   

 
 

Obamacare could reverse long trend of uncompensated care in ERs
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Oct 28 13

Obamacare could reverse long trend of uncompensated care in ERs

Emergency departments, which have suffered shortfalls in reimbursement for decades due to the high rate of uninsurance in the United States, may begin… Obamacare could reverse long trend of uncompensated care in ERs   

 
 

Rainbow research reveals young children with asthma visit emergency department most often
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 27 13

Rainbow research reveals young children with asthma visit emergency department most often

New research from a University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow) study found that children ages 1 to 3 years accounted for… Rainbow research reveals young children with asthma visit emergency department most often   

 
 

MU Researcher Develops Intervention to Help Older Adults Prepare for Emergencies
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 21 13

MU Researcher Develops Intervention to Help Older Adults Prepare for Emergencies

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults age 65 and older falls at least once every year.… MU Researcher Develops Intervention to Help Older Adults Prepare for Emergencies   

 
 

The aging population and emergency departments
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jul 09 13

The aging population and emergency departments

As the population gets older, and the baby boomers begin to enter their 60’s and 70’s, one might assume that the number of trips… The aging population and emergency departments   

 
 

WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Jul 07 13

WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus

The World Health Organization is forming an emergency committee of international experts to prepare for a possible worsening of the Middle East coronavirus (MERS),… WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus   

 
 

Rare Weight Lifting Injury Required Surgery
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jun 29 13

Rare Weight Lifting Injury Required Surgery

A young, healthy man injured himself so severely while weight lifting that he required surgery and nearly a full week in the hospital to… Rare Weight Lifting Injury Required Surgery   

 
 

Patient factors play key role in emergency department imaging
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Jun 25 13

Patient factors play key role in emergency department imaging

Despite concerns to the contrary, very little of the variation in Emergency Department (ED) imaging utilization is attributable to physician experience, training or gender,… Patient factors play key role in emergency department imaging   

 
 

Rates of infection in intensive care units in England show impressive fall
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Infections • Jun 24 13

Rates of infection in intensive care units in England show impressive fall

Hospitals across England reduced the rate of serious bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) during a two-year programme, research has shown.

More than… Rates of infection in intensive care units in England show impressive fall   

 
 

New concussion data: 2 biomarkers better than 1
• Brain • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Neurology • Jun 19 13

2 biomarkers better than 1

Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United… New concussion data: 2 biomarkers better than 1   

 
 

ER docs are key to reducing health care costs
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • May 19 13

ER docs are key to reducing health care costs

Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs,… ER docs are key to reducing health care costs   

 
 

Info packets don’t help people take ER meds
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • May 09 13

In a test of services geared toward making sure patients took their prescribed medications after leaving the emergency room, none made a difference, a… Info packets don’t help people take ER meds   

 
 
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