Physician's Weekly
JUNE 26, 2025
Violence in hospital emergency departments (EDs) has reached crisis levels. For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The Warner Bros.
Doctor On Demand
AUGUST 11, 2023
Often stemming from extended exposure to high temperatures compounded by inadequate hydration, this condition is a concern for everyone, but especially for the elderly, young children, and individuals with certain health conditions. Rest : Allow the body to recuperate by resting and avoiding strenuous physical activity until symptoms subside.
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Physician's Weekly
JUNE 19, 2025
When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.
GeriPal
JULY 19, 2024
What should we use to screen individuals? I think that’s not hard to accept this conclusion, that if you know your patient, which is what you get with high continuity, you know your patient, you’re going to pick up on problems that they have before they get so bad that they end up in the emergency room or the hospital.
Doctor On Demand
APRIL 28, 2025
When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing. Then, they’ll perform a physical examination. Difficulty breathing If throat swelling narrows your airway, you may hear a harsh, grating noise when breathing (stridor).
GeriPal
APRIL 13, 2023
I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. I think some of that is from some of my thinking about maybe what I can potentially think about with the individual to support them. Were you administering scales to pick up on loneliness and isolation? I would say that.
GeriPal
MARCH 28, 2024
Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. Emergency rooms. Why did you do this study, Tom?
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