Hospital emergency rooms (or departments) deal with sudden illnesses and injuries. They maintain preparedness for every kind of health emergency, including vehicular accidents, heart attacks, strokes, ...

Prescription painkillers -- like opiates and opioids-- can relieve intense physical pain when used properly. But if you become addicted or take too much of an opiate or opioid, you may need emergency ...

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Five decades ago, hospitals staffed their emergency rooms with rotating community physicians or unsupervised hospital staff. Ambulance service was frequently provided by a local funeral home.

In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more rapid treatment of sepsis ...

An overdose of phencyclidine (PCP) can have life threatening effects, such as kidney failure, an irregular heartbeat, and seizures. It requires immediate medical treatment. PCP is an illegal street ...

What does the law require? There are three main obligations created by EMTALA: – Any person who comes to the emergency department and requests it, must receive a medical screening examination to ...

When I walk through my hospital’s emergency department, I’m sometimes overwhelmed by the number of people languishing there as they wait for help with a mental health issue, like the woman clutching ...

Headache is the chief complaint in 2-3% of patients on admission to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States – the fourth most common reason for an ED visit. The incidence of headaches with ...