Emergencies / First Aid

Not all ICUs need a specialist at night: study

Among hospital intensive care units (ICUs) with a daytime physician specially trained in critical care, adding a specialist to cover the night shift does…    

Children at risk as “button” battery use grows: study

Children face a growing risk from “button” batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past…    

Scripps doctors study novel new device to diagnose irregular heartbeat

A study conducted at Scripps Health has found that a novel new heart monitoring device helped emergency room patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care. Scripps…    

ICU stays for worst asthma drop 74 percent, review finds

A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition…    

Black Children Less Likely to Get Pain Meds in ER

Black children seen in the emergency department for abdominal pain are less likely to receive pain medication than white children, according to a new…    

Magnetic resonance imaging with side effects

Great care should be taken when performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a cardiac pacemaker. Henning Bovenschulte and his co-authors review recent…    

Study supports allowing family members in ED during critical care

Contrary to what many trauma teams believe, the presence of family members does not impede the care of injured children in the emergency department,…    

Racial differences found in care of children in ED

Black children are less likely than white children to receive medication for abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) even when they report severe…    

Doctors share 5 symptoms that need your immediate attention

It might be a caffeine headache, but it might be an aneurysm. Great. Now, at the very least, it’s a stress headache.

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Emergency room CT exams have increased in children with abdominal pain

Computed tomography (CT) utilization in pediatric patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain increased in emergency departments each year between 1999 and 2007, according to a…    

Interpreters in ER may limit medical errors: study

Having professional translators in emergency rooms for non-English-speaking patients may help limit potential miscommunications, according to a U.S. study.

The study, conducted…    

Medtronic to boost safety monitoring of devices

Medtronic Inc plans to ramp up monitoring of its medical devices after they are implanted in order to catch potential safety problems earlier, as…    

Step stool helps shorter rescuers do better CPR

Amid all the technology used in hospitals to keep critically ill people alive, doctors are looking at whether the low-tech step stool can make…    

Common antibiotics tied to eye emergencies: study

A common class of antibiotics was linked to a higher risk of so-called retinal detachment - when the light-sensitive tissue in the eye separates…    

Study finds paramedics skilled in identifying strokes

If a paramedic suspects a patient is having a stroke, the paramedic is probably right, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.    

Adrenaline shot may not always help heart patients: study

People in cardiac arrest may do worse long-term if they’re given a shot of adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, on the way to the…    

Emergency room visits risky for elderly residents from long-term care facilities

Elderly patients who have visited an emergency department (ED) are three times more likely to develop respiratory or gastrointestinal infections in the week following…    

Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in chest CT

An article in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in chest computed…    

After-hours care affects emergency department use in Leduc

Access to health care and the usage of emergency departments are popular topics in the news.

David Jones, a graduate student in…    

Few African-Americans call 911 immediately for stroke symptoms

Most African-Americans say they’d call 9-1-1 if stroke symptoms occurred - but few do, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American…    

Emergency department CT exams of children have increased substantially

Computed tomography examinations of children in hospital emergency departments increased substantially from 1995 to 2008, according to a new study published online and in…    

Free phone app helped doctors perform better in simulated cardiac emergency

Doctors who used a free iPhone application provided by the UK Resuscitation Council performed significantly better in a simulated medical emergency than those who…    

First aid for the under 5s

One of the reasons often given by people for not attempting first aid in emergency situations is a lack of confidence and a fear…    

Homeless people without enough to eat are more likely to be hospitalized

Homeless people who do not get enough to eat use hospitals and emergency rooms at very high rates, according to a new study. One…    

Study finds high rate of ER trips for food allergies

Food allergies may send more Americans to emergency rooms each year than commonly believed, a new study suggests.

Between 2001 and 2005,…