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4+ hour emergency care wait linked to heightened risks of death and longer hospital stay for hip fracture patients
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Waiting more than 4 hours in emergency care for treatment is linked to heightened risks of death and a longer hospital stay for hip fracture patients, reveals a single center study, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. The waiting time for more than one in three of these patients exceeded the
WHO delivers 14 tons of emergency supplies for mpox response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nairobi/Kinshasa ‒ World Health Organization (WHO) today delivered 14 metric tons of medical supplies and equipment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support infection prevention and control and case management for the ongoing response to halt the mpox outbreak. The supplies consist of personal protective equipment, tents, treatments and other medical supplies, sufficient
Emergency warning in Tasmania as damaging winds batter country’s south-east
KEY POINTSA 63-year-old woman on the NSW-Victoria border has been killed by a falling tree amid severe weather.A man, also aged 63, was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to hospital.Severe weather has battered the country's southeast, hitting Victoria and Tasmania over the weekend.Wild weather smashing three states has claimed a woman's life
WHO’s mpox emergency declaration is a ‘call to action’, say epidemiologists
Home News National Updated - August 15, 2024 at 01:18 PM. WHO seeks to raise global attention, funds to halt rapid spread of mpox, largely in African countries Treatment of a child with a suspected case of mpox at a medical centre in Munigi, in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of
Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment
Also, in a disaster, there are no good decisions, there are only least-worse decisions. Every decision will come with a set of consequences. What the government really struggled to do was mitigate the consequences of decisions they felt that they had to take.My personal view is that what the UK’s going through at the moment
Almost €480,000 in emergency flood relief funding for households and businesses paid out so far
It is designed for people whose homes are damaged by flooding and severe weather events and who are unable to meet costs for essential needs, household items and structural repair. Photograph: Guileen Coast Guard Almost €480,000 has been paid out by the State in emergency flood relief funding for households and businesses so far this
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End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System
The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests. In response to the pandemic, the federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how care is delivered.
Why Are Emergency Medicine Residents Disappearing?
Opinion > Prescriptions for a Broken System — How our healthcare system is financed is a central part of the problem by N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA March 20, 2023 The number of unfilled emergency medicine (EM) residency positions in this year's initial Match hit a record: 555. In 2022, there were 219 unmatched positions.
Here’s How Much Emergency Cash You Should Keep at Home
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)In many places, cash is no longer king. While you still can manage to live a cash-only lifestyle if you want to, few of us do. Some of us don’t even carry cash at all, relying on our phones and credit cards, tapping and swiping at stores and using apps like Venmo or