USA Today

I went to the ER, and things are not getting better. When is it time to go back?

I worry about patients after I discharge them from the emergency room. It might seem strange that an ER doctor would worry about this; isn't it a good thing that I've done my job and ruled out any ...
STAT

Preventing health care violence in the ER requires moving from safety to security

A slight man falls off his barstool. Now he’s an ER patient, slurring insults and flailing at staff trying to examine him for injuries. When a nurse begs him not to because we don’t know yet whether ...

Medical professionals say this is the absolute worst thing you can do in the ER

Here’s a basic truth of human life: No one plans a visit to the emergency room, and no one really wants to be there. The unexpected, oh-****-now-I’m-in-trouble nature of the place means that everyone ...
Business Insider

ER doctors describe 14 cases where urgent care is a better option than the ER

You have two options if you need after-hours medical attention: urgent care clinics or the ER. The ER is the best place to get specialized treatment for life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Urgent ...
NPR

When it comes to billing, an urgent care center is different from an emergency center

Suffering stomach pain, a Dallas man visited what he thought was an urgent care clinic — and got a bill 10 times what he’d expected. Sponsor Message A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: It's time for our June Bill of ...
WECT

Hospital: No one died in ER waiting room, no investigators on campus

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - An update on a story out of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Thursday afternoon, hospital officials expanded on a previous statement responding to claims ...
ksby

National ER Nurses Day: Why emergency room nurses are vital to patient care in the local community

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Every second Wednesday of October marks ...
WTSP

Could your next ER room be in the hallway?

A trip to a local emergency room has left one family with a lot of unanswered questions after they ended up in a hallway for hours. It all happened this past weekend in the Emergency Room at Blake ...
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Weiss hospital emergency room ‘not safe for patients,' ER medical director tells state

Days before the federal government revoked Weiss Memorial Hospital’s Medicare access, state investigators found the hospital had been operating a “makeshift” emergency department in an office building ...

St. David's opens first emergency room in Manor, bringing care closer to residents

Look inside the first emergency room in Manor, where residents have had to travel to Austin, Round Rock or Pflugerville for care.
WCBD

Johns Island breaks ground on first emergency room

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Johns Island is one of the fastest-growing communities in Charleston County, and until now, residents have gone without an emergency room on the island. That changed ...