Hospitals That Turn Away Ambulances
Tiffany Tate was 37 years old when she died in 2014. The reason for her death? Ambulance Diversion. That’s the term used when hospitals turn away ambulances. Tiffany suffered from a stroke.
Category: Emergency Medicine
Deals with the acutely ill or injured who require immediate medical treatment See also emergency and emergency care
The Hospital Room of the Future
At Sheba Medical Center in Israel, hospital rooms are getting a technological upgrade. Robots and artificial intelligence allow doctors and nurses to safely keep their distance from infectious patient
$47,000 bill for airlifting child to hospital?
Dave and Keara Brunner received a $47,000 bill when their 4-year-old son Ezra was airlifted to a hospital for a serious respiratory infection. Ezra’s parents called 911, and a ground ambulance rushe
What Are Your Rights for Emergency Care in the U.S.?
EMTALA stands for the "Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act" and was enacted as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA) EMTALA is also commonly referred
Are you being over-billed for surgery?
Surgery is stressful enough but what happens when you receive your bill and it’s thousands of dollars more than you expected? That’s what happens to a lot of people. For example, you might check
Does your insurance company really want you to go to the emergency room?
Recently I took my son to the emergency room during the weekend, on Saturday. On the previous Friday, we went to the doctor because he had serious symptoms such as headache, blurry vision,
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