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Managing high-risk/difficult refusals with the FEARS mnemonic
Based at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the GO-TEAM is breaking barriers between prehospital and hospital care
Southcoast Health cut paramedic positions at all six urgent care locations, citing state regulations that limit their scope of practice, resulting in 10 layoffs
Catholic Health is increasing security at Mercy Hospital Buffalo after a patient shot himself, adding a second armed guard for 24/7 emergency department protection
A fatal explosion at a Troy medical facility’s hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber claimed the life of a five-year-old boy and injured his mother
Firefighters have responded at least twice to Hemet Global Medical Center to test for carbon monoxide and other gases but did not detect any
Cleveland Clinic’s new helicopters will expand the ability to transport in bad weather
The changes under the approved deal include more retroactive pay for Providence nurses whose contracts expired before December 2024
Nearly 75% of nonfatal private sector attacks in 2021 and 2022 were directed at healthcare and social assistance workers at a rate more than five times the national average
Bill makes it so health providers can no longer block someone from supplying their own blood, except in emergencies.
West York Borough Police Officer Andrew Duarte died in a shooting inside UPMC Memorial Hospital
The funding for Trinity Health Oakland Hospital came as a gift from the estate of two Oakland County residents
About 20% of Louisiana’s Medicaid patients visit emergency rooms an average of 17 times per year, often for non-urgent issues or due to social barriers like lack of transportation,
Morris Hospital recognized EMS System Coordinator Ed Ludwig for his committed to innovation and improvement
North Star Health Alliance was denied a CON to create an ambulance service for inter-facility patient transfers
The nurse at the Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Medical Center was pinned between a hospital bed and the machine
Enfield EMS is the fourth agency in New England to establish a whole blood program
Orangeburg officials are asking MUSC Health-Orangeburg administrators to address complaints
Officials from the Oxford Center in Brighton said nothing like this has happened in over 15 years of providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Upstate’s ED has been know for years for being too busy and too small to meet the demand of being the region’s only Level 1 trauma center
Crozer Health’s reassigning ambulances to cover non-emergency transfers means fewer rigs available to respond to emergencies
UMass Memorial Health announced a plan to build in Nashoba Valley after Nashoba Valley Medical Center closed
First Response accused Decatur and Decatur Morgan Hospital of conspiring to create conditions where First Response would lose its certificate of public necessity and convenience
Gov. Janet Mills’ budget includes cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospital-affiliated doctors, nurse practitioners and other healthcare providers
13 chiefs wrote to Gov. Maura Healy to keep EMS from collapsing following the closing of Nashoba Valley Medical Center
Thousands of health professionals at Providence Health & Services in Portland are striking for better compensation, working conditions and staffing
10 lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul, pressing her to include money for Upstate University Hospital in the upcoming state budget
An Elite EMS crew is stationed at the Sharon Regional Medical Center for walk-ins following the hospital’s closure due to bankruptcy
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