An emergency department nurse is hoping to protect his fellow health care workers with his new invention that preserves N95 masks. Timothy Aurelio has been a nurse for 27 years. He currently works at...
I worked at Rhode Island Hospital for 33 years. Working for food and nutrition. My daughter works at the ED, as a nurse. After what happened with my son, my daughter, she’s so hurting, she’s so hurting...
Patient's with a doctor’s order for a coronavirus test are routed to a service center that does not charge emergency room fees. Patients who come in without that prescription are sent to the emergency room for an evaluation...
Kimberly Alderfer remembers the first time she entered a coronavirus patient’s room last spring, the fear she had that she too would end up hooked to a ventilator and struggling to breathe...
It’s never been possible to know for sure how many people in the United States are sick with COVID-19 at a particular time. Instead, we combine all of the metrics — the percentage of tests run that come back positive...
Britta Thomason, a Peach County native, has served on the frontlines of COVID-19 as both a flight nurse and as part of the Nurse Navigation Line for Global Medical Response crews deployed to New York...
Hospitalizations are down 62% for childhood respiratory illnesses, a study shows. Masking and social distancing are keeping a variety of viruses in check this flu season...
Emergency nurses, as part of continuing education, can earn the contact hours when taking the Adult/Pediatric Course—including the Spanish-language version—and the Pediatric Course, ENA said...
City Council members wrote letters, healthcare workers signed petitions, and union groups staged protests in the days and weeks that followed. By the end of January, the L.A. County Emergency Medical...
Palliative care’s contribution to well-being comes in part from reductions in unnecessary hospital admissions or emergency department visits due to better symptom management, along with reduced spending...
Among patients who have recently experienced an ischemic stroke thought to be caused by small-vessel occlusion or large-vessel atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation is detected more often with an ICM...
Tobacco smoke-exposed children utilize emergency and urgent care services more often than unexposed children, which contributes to a large toll on the nation's health care system, says research led by...
This test can ensure timely intervention in the emergency department (ED) and prevent admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). The new assay developed by SMART researchers focuses on profiling...
