Comparing patients’ experiences with in-home urgent care from community paramedics vs urgent care provided in emergency departments, we found higher satisfaction among patients receiving in-home ...

This content is sponsored by Patient First. Urgent care shouldn’t make a patient feel stressed out. It seems obvious, but it’s at the heart of how one local health care practice delivers its wide ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

A navigation program demonstrated decreased odds of repeat emergency department (ED) visits in patients with low baseline ED utilization and increased odds of follow-up primary care appointments.

In most U.S. emergency departments, patients are admitted in an order based on both the urgency of their condition and when they arrived. But in a new study, Yale researchers found that nearly 29% of ...

Thirty-four EMTs completed training at the National EMS Academy in Lafayette and will serve Acadiana communities on the front ...

Hospital emergency rooms are poorly equipped to serve patients with complex psychiatric emergencies. Unfortunately, with access to mental health treatment in short supply, this is often where patients ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Last year, about one in six Centennial Staters visited an emergency department, despite the fact that more ...

Calgary emergency rooms are “in a state of critical overcapacity” ahead of the anticipated peak of flu season — and to cope ...

With flu season hitting its peak, residents heading to emergency departments in Windsor-Essex are being warned they could ...