A new overview offers guidance as hospitals prepare for COVID-19. "It's time to set aside the 'business as usual' mindset."
Anywhere from 3.8% to 15% of children and 5.9% to 23.5% of adults experience a missed appendicitis diagnosis during an ER visit.
Language people use on Facebook becomes more formal before they make a visit to the emergency room, according to new research.
Charges for air ambulance services in 2016 were as much as 9.5 times the rate Medicare allows. A market failure within the industry explains why.
Survival rates for cardiac arrest in Hispanic neighborhoods suggest a need for CPR training, report researchers.
New guidelines for how to handle patients with an upper GI bleed could lift the burden on busy emergency rooms, say researchers.
There are an estimated 15 million people in the United States with active cancer. A look at why they go to the ER suggests ways to improve their care.
A self-administered radiation blood test would take some burden off medical systems after a nuclear attack or disaster.
People who ride off-road vehicles like dirt bikes and ATVs on city streets crash just as much as motorcyclists do, researchers say.
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