Just seven types of procedures account for about 80 percent of all hospital admissions, deaths, complications, and costs attributed to emergency general surgeries across the country, according to ...

You may have wondered what happens when there’s a medical emergency on a Part 121 flight—it’s not always a trigger for an immediate diversion and landing.

The researchers focused on emergency general surgery performed within two days of hospital admission due to a serious medical condition. Heart-related procedures and surgery prompted by traumatic ...

In a medical emergency, you may have a surprisingly difficult time finding a bed in a hospital. This is because elective admissions — that is, patients whose hospital stays have been scheduled ...

The Purdue Fire Department provides Advanced Life Support Emergency Medical Services. Services are provided 24 hours a day. Firefighters are certified as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) or ...

3. Know Your ER Rights. The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to cover care you receive in the ER if you have an emergency medical condition. You don't need to get approval ahead of ...

The fire chiefs activated mass casualty procedures, ... SILVERDALE – An already-busy emergency department at St. Michael Medical Center and a sudden influx of ambulances at one point Friday ...