Search Tag: emergency departments
2025 03 Jul
Cricothyrotomy, an emergency airway procedure through the cricoid membrane, has been used in emergency and prehospital settings since the 1980s. Due to its rarity and high risk of error, it is considered a high-risk, low-occurrence procedure. Understanding when EMS performs cricothyrotomy is crucial to improving training and prehospital airway care....Read more
2025 25 Mar
Image capture: Healthcare Alert Concept – Doctor Interacting with Digital Warning Symbol Diagnostic errors in paediatric emergency departments (EDs) continue to pose a significant concern, particularly given the complex and high-pressure nature of emergency care environments. These settings often involve time-sensitive decisions, incomplete...Read more
2024 21 Oct
Emergency department (ED) crowding is a global issue with a significant impact on patient outcomes, including increased medical errors, higher inpatient mortality, and poorer quality of care. It also leads to inefficiencies, such as longer waiting times and more patients leaving without being seen. The primary causes of crowding are staff shortages,...Read more
2024 14 May
Specialised emergency departments (EDs) are emerging, focusing on specific patient populations such as oncologic, geriatric, or orthopaedic cases. Advocates argue that these specialised centres can provide more targeted and cost-effective care. They may alleviate pressure on general EDs while potentially improving overall care quality. However, the...Read more
2023 06 Dec
A highly experienced and award-winning nurse who has worked in Emergency Departments in London has been appointed Lead Nurse for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). Rebecca Kenny, who has a wealth of experience of working across a wide range of clinical disciplines, including one of London’s busy major trauma centres, has joined the NRC...Read more
2019 01 Nov
Each year, Emergency Departments (ED) across the United States see more than 145 million visits, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Nearly two-and-a-half million ED patients end up getting some kind of diagnostic exam, like ultrasound, that confirms if a hospital stay is needed. In highly populated areas, doctors often struggle...Read more
2017 19 Jul
Philips innovation in advanced health technology is delivering next generation Minicare point-of-care-in-vitro diagnostics systems to help support improved clinical decision-making that will ultimately benefit physicians, patients and hospital systems. Such devices can help deal with the biggest issue that emergency departments face on a dailybasis...Read more
2017 18 Apr
High-sensitivity assays for cardiac troponin T can quickly and safely rule out myocardial infarction (MI) in patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with possible emergency acute coronary syndrome, according to a meta-analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine. A single troponin T concentration below the limit of detection in combination...Read more
2016 19 Jan
A new study shows increased use of CTs in patients with non-serious injuries, such as fractures or neck strain, treated in emergency departments at California hospitals. The UCSF-led study, which tracked the use of the imaging from 2005 to 2013, found that CTs were more likely to be ordered in hospitals that were designated high-level trauma centres....Read more
2016 18 Jan
In a commentary published in Becker's Hospital Review , Chis Van Goder, the CEO of Scripp's Health highlights that emergency departments face the problem of increased load of non-emergency patients. Despite the fact that hospitals and healthcare systems have been consistently expanding or building new emergency departments, they are still not...Read more