Articles for Emergency Medicine

Andhra Pradesh: SVIMS Conference on Emergency Medicine
1 month, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: SVIMS Conference on Emergency Medicine

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Experts at the continuing medical education programme hosted by Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, on Tuesday opined that emergency physicians act like “the first line of defense” and the first hour after a serious event often becomes the deciding factor between life and death. Dr. Kumar stressed on the challenges of emergency physicians who have to stabilise …

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Warner Bros responds to lawsuit claiming new TV show ripped off ER
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Warner Bros responds to lawsuit claiming new TV show ripped off ER

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Warner Bros has responded to …

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Top A&E doctor accuses NHS leaders of normalising treatment in corridors
3 months ago

Top A&E doctor accuses NHS leaders of normalising treatment in corridors

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned NHS guidance …

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Dr Viet Tran is drawn to the 'controlled chaos' of emergency medicine, and he's keen to share his insights
7 months, 1 week ago

Dr Viet Tran is drawn to the 'controlled chaos' of emergency medicine, and he's keen to share his insights

ABC  

In short: Dr Viet Tran is sharing his insights into what it's like to work inside a busy hospital emergency department. Viet Tran wants to take people "behind the curtains" of a busy hospital emergency department, and share insights into the "controlled chaos" he works in. "Emergency medicine has one of the highest burnout rates within all the medical specialties …

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As An ER Doctor, I Knew To Expect The Unexpected. Then My Neighbors Began Arriving At The Hospital.
7 months, 1 week ago

As An ER Doctor, I Knew To Expect The Unexpected. Then My Neighbors Began Arriving At The Hospital.

Huff Post  

vm via Getty Images My thermos held boiling-hot tea, and in my insulated lunch bag was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. “For all my years of training in emergency medicine as an art and science — in the ABCs of trauma resuscitation — I didn't know how to process my own because I'd never been taught how to do …

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The Absurd Case About Whether Doctors Can Let You Bleed Out in the ER Is Reaching SCOTUS
8 months ago

The Absurd Case About Whether Doctors Can Let You Bleed Out in the ER Is Reaching SCOTUS

Slate  

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a dispute over whether states can decline to abide by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. EMTALA is a federal law requiring stabilizing care for all ER patients, including abortion care, even if it conflicts with a state’s own stricter abortion rules. The state of Idaho’s anti-abortion law allows …

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Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule
8 months ago

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Raw Story  

"Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas, meanwhile, has sued the Biden administration, saying it's using EMTALA as an end-run around state abortion bans to “mandate that …

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NHS waiting list falls again – but only after thousands excluded from data
8 months, 1 week ago

NHS waiting list falls again – but only after thousands excluded from data

The Telegraph  

The NHS also missed reduced A&E targets despite a £50 million incentive package. Hospitals were told in January they could receive bonuses worth £2 million if, by March, they saw 76 per cent of patients at emergency departments within four hours. There were also similar cash rewards, worth £2 million, on offer for those making the biggest improvements in a …

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Long A&E waiting times ‘needlessly killing 250 people a week’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Long A&E waiting times ‘needlessly killing 250 people a week’

The Independent  

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Covid has increased risk of measles, neurological disorder: Experts
1 year ago

Covid has increased risk of measles, neurological disorder: Experts

Hindustan Times  

Covid pandemic has increased the risk of measles and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis possibly due of postponement of measles vaccination between 2020 and 2022, said experts at the a continued medical education programme on SSPE organised by department of neurology at King George’s Medical University on Saturday. SSPE a progressive neurological disorder among children and young adults effecting central nervous system,” …

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Top doctors warn A&E crisis is making patients sicker as corridor care becomes routine
1 year ago

Top doctors warn A&E crisis is making patients sicker as corridor care becomes routine

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, …

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NHS England’s ‘robust plan’ is not enough to avert disaster this winter
1 year, 4 months ago

NHS England’s ‘robust plan’ is not enough to avert disaster this winter

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Thursday, NHS England published what …

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Meet The Four People Who Will Spend A Year In A Mars-Like Habitat From June
1 year, 6 months ago

Meet The Four People Who Will Spend A Year In A Mars-Like Habitat From June

ABP News  

Four participants selected by NASA will stay in a Mars-like habitat for a year, starting from June this year. The four crew members — Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones, and Alyssa Shannon — will live and work in a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat, NASA said on its website. Meet the crew who will spend a year on a Mars-like habitat …

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Patients abandoning care in Victoria's emergency rooms doubles as hospitals grapple with shortages
2 years, 6 months ago

Patients abandoning care in Victoria's emergency rooms doubles as hospitals grapple with shortages

ABC  

It is a Saturday night in Melbourne and emergency departments across the city are overwhelmed. Key points: Some patients have told the ABC they were forced to wait more than 12 hours before giving up on getting care Experts say overcrowding in emergency departments is the worst it's been They say the problems are not just in emergency departments but …

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Four code yellow alerts across North Queensland hospitals 'unprecedented, really dangerous'
3 years, 2 months ago

Four code yellow alerts across North Queensland hospitals 'unprecedented, really dangerous'

ABC  

Earlier this week four major north Queensland hospitals sounded code yellow alarms in unison, signalling major capacity issues across Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, and Mount Isa public health systems. Key points: Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, and Mount Isa hospitals all called code yellows on Tuesday The College of Emergency Medicine says patients have died as a result of capacity issues in Queensland …

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This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License
3 years, 3 months ago

This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License

NPR  

This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License Last month, Dr. Simone Gold stood before a crowd at a conservative church in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and delivered a talk riddled with misinformation. Sponsor Message The Federation of State Medical Boards issued a statement in late July warning that "Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine …

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Zydus Cadila Prices Covid-19 Medicine 'Virafin' at Rs 11,995 Per Dose
3 years, 7 months ago

Zydus Cadila Prices Covid-19 Medicine 'Virafin' at Rs 11,995 Per Dose

News 18  

Days after receiving approval for emergency use of its medicine ‘Virafin’ to treat moderate cases of COVID-19, Zydus Cadila has reportedly pegged the price of the drug at Rs 11,995 per dose. Zydus Cadila has claimed outlined this medicine, technically referred to as Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, can be given when there is a moderate degree of infection. During the phase …

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Armed with a camera, a young ER doctor captures the faces of the COVID war
3 years, 10 months ago

Armed with a camera, a young ER doctor captures the faces of the COVID war

LA Times  

From behind her face shield, the young doctor stares straight ahead. When the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, devastating Kobner’s home state of New York before surging in California, he knew history was unfolding. “People just undeniably accept a photo as a moment of reality that we have to interpret.. There’s a lot of delicacy that’s involved in taking these …

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