Gift brings Called to Care campaign commitments to $4.2 million — nearly halfway to its $8.5 million fundraising goal BANGOR — St. Joseph Healthcare has received a $1 million gift from Maine Savings Federal Credit Union to support the expansion and modernization of its Emergency…
Speaking at the legislature as MLAs reconvened for the fall, Simpson called the planned clinic at the Łıwegǫ̀atì Building “the one I am most excited about” among health facility projects recently announced by the territorial and federal governments. “I…
Among children with acute cannabinoid intoxication, most were younger than 2 years and had accidental exposures; neurologic symptoms such as lethargy, irritability, and poor responsiveness to stimuli were common, and one child developed severe neurologic and respiratory complications requiring intensive care…
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Emergency departments, hospitals, and prehospital providers must be prepared to manage pediatric emergencies despite these differences in clinical exposure.
By Jonathan E. Kohler and Mary A. King Kohler is a pediatric surgeon in Sacramento, Calif. King is a pediatric intensivist in Seattle. In the winter of 2022, two parents carried their sick, coughing baby boy into an emergency room deep in California’s…
Emergency department crowding has become one of the defining operational challenges facing US hospitals, with rising patient volumes, prolonged boarding, and staffing shortages contributing to long waits for care. At RWJBarnabas Health, a 12-hospital health system headquartered in West Orange,…
About 65% of young children brought to New Jersey emergency departments for suspected poisoning probably didn't need emergency care and could have stayed home if their families had called poison control before rushing to the hospital, according to Rutgers researchers. Their…
New survey results show many US trauma centers perform screenings and interventions for patients with substance abuse problems but screening and support for PTSD and firearm injury patients is lacking. About the survey Researchers identified U.S. Level I and II trauma…
Simple office management techniques should be revisited and given focused attention by primary care physicians to limit emergency department visits for primary care“treatable conditions. The goal of this pilot study is to demonstrate whether revisiting and focusing on simple…
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