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Doctors say ER visits up during summer months

source: News 8 Austin

 TX It's the time of year when people enjoy typical summertime activities, but it also means more trips to local emergency rooms. Whether it's outdoor injuries or accidents due to more cars on the roads, doctors say the number of emergency room visits ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Oromocto ER closure expected to last until late summer

source: CBC.ca

The Oromocto Public Hospital's emergency room and diagnostic imaging department will likely be closed for the rest of the summer after a water pipe broke in the facility in May. The water ruined an X-ray machine and severely damaged the electrical ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

San Leandro Hospital May Be Shut Down

source: CBS 5

 CA Nurses point out if San Leandro Hospital closes the next ER is at St. Rose, with less than 10 emergency room beds. Highland Hospital in Oakland is up to 15 minutes away with 22 beds usually reserved for trauma patients. The same holds true at Eden ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Lesbian couple claims Fresno ER barred visit

source: Fresno Bee

 CA By Barbara Anderson / The Fresno Bee A woman said Community Regional Medical Center temporarily barred her partner from visiting her in the emergency room after she collapsed at a rally for gay marriage last month in Fresno. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

SV unveils new trauma center

source: Topeka Capital Journal

 KS Compared with the existing ER, the new facility will have 34 exam rooms instead of 20. Further development of the third and fourth floors will provide even more rooms. Everything about the new center is aimed at making the emergency room experience ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

ER closures shouldn't overburden hospitals, ambulance service: NHS

source: St. Catharines Standard

 Canada Looming emergency room closures shouldn't overburden Niagara's ambulance service or remaining hospitals, according to the Niagara Health System. Last week, Niagara Emergency Medical Service asked for more ambulances and paramedics to handle the planned ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

umc's new ER and trauma unit

source: Arizona Daily Star

 AZ The new er's earth tones, natural light and high ceilings are in sharp contrast to the old, cramped quarters, which looked somewhat similar to the tired county hospital depicted in the NBC "ER" television show. The new emergency room is more comparable ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Nurse finds that laughter really is the best medicine

source: standard.net

 Utah Blake Nelson, an emergency room nurse from Morgan, has found that joking around helps ease the tension for patients during the stress and fear of an ER visit. Using his sense of humor, Nelson quickly put at ease a 16 year-old patient complaining of ...

Published Sun, Jun 14