Emergency Medicine

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triage premiere

WENN 19 days ago

Colin Farrell attends the Premiere of 'Triage' directed by Danis Tanovic at the SEFF' 09 Seville European Film Festival Seville, Spain - 06.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

House calls as cost-saver in health care reform?

AP News 26 days ago

House calls as a health reform fix? Updating old idea seen as saving costs while boosting care The doctor doesn't look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott. He has a lavender stethoscope strung round ...

People Colin Farrell

AP News 27 days ago

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo, actor Colin Farrell attends a special screening of "Triage" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) Copyright 2009 AP News

ER crowds mean longer waits, even for the very ill

Reuters US Online Report Health News 34 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Crowding in emergency departments leads to longer waits and delays in care for all but the very sickest patients, according to a study of four different ERs. Waits of five to six hours have become the norm, ...

Toyota philosophy works in the ER

Reuters US Online Report Health News 36 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emergency rooms may be able to give patients faster and better care by applying some of the same principles that have worked in Japanese car manufacturing, a new study suggests. The study looked at four U.S. emergency ...

Woman crushed by garage door called 911 again

AP News 37 days ago

Idaho woman crushed by paramedic station door made phony 911 call to station before accident Police say an Idaho woman who made a false 911 call to lure paramedics out of their station made a real emergency call minutes later when she ...

Blood thinner may cause problems after an injury

Reuters US Online Report Health News 42 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Warfarin, a common blood thinner used for preventing heart attacks and blood clots may also cause problems for individuals who suffer some form of trauma, particularly the elderly. In a study, researchers found that trauma patients who ...

Tanovic's "Triage" opens Rome Film Fest

AP News 42 days ago

Tanovic's "Triage" starring Colin Farrell opens this year's Rome Film Fest Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic's "Triage," a movie about the horrors of war and the scars it leaves on survivors, opened the Rome Film Festival on Thursday. The movie starring Colin Farrell, ...

Minority kids less apt to take asthma meds

Reuters US Online Report Health News 44 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black and Hispanic children with asthma are less likely than their white counterparts to be taking daily medication meant to prevent asthma attacks, a U.S. study shows. The findings, published in the medical journal Chest, suggest one ...

Getting psychiatric patients out of ERs

Las Vegas Sun 47 days ago

New resolve may lead to faster treatment, solution to old crowding problem Five years ago then-Clark County Manager Thom Reilly declared a crisis when about a third of the valleys emergency rooms were filled with psychiatric patients, most of whom were waiting ...

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