CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
Do neighbourhood income levels influence emergency response times?
Cardiac arrest requires immediate emergency response. How quickly patients receive emergency medical services may depend on the average income of their area.
8 Things ER Doctors Refuse to Have in Their Homes
By Lisa Lombardi<br>Emergency room physicians see all kinds of grisly stuff, which made us wonder: What products do they consider so hazardous t...
Home Safety Tips During the Holidays to Avoid Fire
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Commission on Fire Prevention and Control wants to remind people about the potential fire dangers around the home during the holiday seas…
What exactly does an emergency physician do?
As an ER physician, my job is frequently misunderstood.
Emergency preparedness: What should be in a wildfire evacuation kit?
It's important to be ready to evacuate within 15 minutes.
What It's Like Being Transgender in the Emergency Room
One patient described the experience as making them feel like “the freak show.” But some hospitals are forging a path toward inclusive care.
What has emergency medicine wrought? Helplessness.
What hath emergency medicine wrought? Helplessness. And that’s a terrible, terrible unintended consequence of our self-congratulatory messiah complexes.
CMS Outlines its Vision for Innovation: How Does Emergency Medicine Fit in?
From ACEP: So, what does this all mean for the future of value-based care for you as emergency physicians and your patients? Well, to be honest, I don’t know for sure. While the goals included in C…
5 things emergency physicians should consider when looking for jobs
Location should never be an afterthought with EM physician jobs, however anxious you are to land a permanent position.
How Emergency Medicine Could Serve As An Inspiration To The Health Care Industry
The health care system is anything but patient-centric–except in the emergency room. Design firm Worrell examines how lessons from the ER could better the broader health industry.
How to improve patient satisfaction in the emergency department
In the last several shifts I’ve worked in the ED I’ve had more people stop and compliment me on my care.
Utilize Emergency Room Triage Techniques to Make Better Business Decisions
Sometimes, good management is about deciding when not to decide.
10 Ways to Deal with an Expensive Emergency Room Bill
Managing medical bills is a tough caregiving task. Get 10 tips for dealing with an expensive medical bill after an emergency room visit.
Do emergency rooms or urgent care have better service? Yelp reviewers decide
Researchers say a new study provides a unique opportunity for clinicians to learn from online reviews.
10 things emergency rooms won’t tell you
Why it takes so long and costs so much to get care in the emergency room.
Health and Human Services: Is it Right for You?
Are you interested in helping your community and working with vulnerable groups? Then Health and Human Services might be the right field for you.
In wake of net neutrality decision, should cities build internet networks?
Many cities seeking to offer cheap service to the community, despite telecom industry pushback
How to Choose and Use a Fire Extinguisher
A fire extinguisher won't be helpful in an emergency if you don't know how to use it.
Urgent Care Is the Surprisingly Good Answer to the Emergency Room Crisis
Urgent cares, retail clinics, and concierge medicine are changing how we stay healthy.
When disaster-response apps fail
The solution to emergency communications: redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
