An ER may not be ideal for someone in a psychiatric crisis. Here are other options
A shooting in a ER can serve as a reminder that ERs aren't always the best place for someone in an acute psychiatric crisis.
Reporting takes you behind the scenes of overcrowded emergency room (Letter from the Editor)
Dear reader, You should consider yourself lucky if you don’t know what it’s like to wait for hours for treatment in a ...
The Associated Press on MSN16d
Trump has dropped a high-profile abortion case in Idaho. Here's what that means
Known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, the 1986 law requires emergency rooms to offer a medical exam if you turn up at their facilities. The law applies to any ERs ...
Opinion
Upstate ER expansion: a matter of life, death and dignity (Editorial Board Opinion)
A rare look inside Upstate University Hospital's emergency room -- where patients endure long waits and appalling indignities -- supports call for NY state to fund a humane, efficient facility.
Rolling Out11d
A mother’s mission for change to emergency fentanyl testing
Bipartisan Tyler's Law would transform emergency room fentanyl testing nationwide after a mother's 7 year advocacy following ...
Study sheds light on non-urgent visits to emergency departments
Emergency departments in the United States have more than 140 million visits each year—a rate of four visits for every 10 ...
Des Moines, West Des Moines hospitals in same network sued after deaths of ER patients
Lawsuits allege negligence, incompetence in deaths of emergency room patients at Central Iowa Hospitals -owned Iowa Methodist and Methodist West ...
Medscape3d
Standby Emergency Treatment of Malaria in Travelers
The concept of 'standby emergency treatment' (SBET) describes the strategy where travelers carry an emergency malaria treatment for self-administration when no medical attention is available or ...