emergency

Learn about anxiety disorders, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions. Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can be beneficial in some situations. It can alert us to dangers and help us…

If you want or need to travel to the USA, you should be aware of an important difference in emergency care, that between urgent care centres and emergency rooms

"Fowler's position" or "Fowler's position" or "semi-orthopnoid decubitus" or "semi-sedated decubitus" (Fowler's position) in medicine refers to a standard patient position in which the patient lies supine on a bed with a headboard having an…

The clinical practice of auscultating fetal heart tones began in 1818 when a Swiss surgeon reported hearing the fetal heart rate by placing his ear against a pregnant woman’s abdomen

Ukraine, Emergency Department doctors and nurses from 11 Ukrainian hospitals will receive training in the provision of emergency war care based on the latest European protocols

Aspiration during sedation: with the advent of minimally invasive office procedures, patients increasingly choose sedation instead of general anaesthesia

'Stretcher blockade' (or stretcher blockade) is the undesirable condition in which the Emergency Department or the Department of Emergency and Acceptance (DEA) of a hospital, no longer having beds available to accommodate people transported…

Burns are tissue damage from hot liquids, the sun, flames, chemicals, electricity, steam and other causes. Kitchen-related injuries from hot drinks, soups and microwaved foods are common among children

Emergency Medical Services require specialized equipment to aid in the provision of emergency care. Despite some of this equipment at times being seen on television programs or in news features, what the equipment is and what it is used for…

You or a loved one may have had an accident or serious illness. If so, you are likely to be worried and afraid. Knowing more about the emergency room (ER) can help you feel less anxious