Even in the emergency room, flu symptoms are treated with hydration and rest, as well as over-the-counter medications such as ...

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience as an emergency physician and medical director, Dr. Kenneth Heinrich, a regional director and medical director of Emergency Department consulting services ...

Work to expand a hospital's waiting room size by more than 50% has been completed. The adult emergency department waiting ...

“We are busy,” said Andrew Edwards, M.D., interim chair of the UAB Department of Emergency Medicine. “We have patients presenting with COVID-19-like symptoms. We have patients with major emergencies ...

This is part of our hour on emergency room overcrowding and its impact on patient care, which you can listen to here. Emergency departments undoubtedly exist for emergencies. But as health care has ...

Overfull hospitals are worsening delirium, causing bedsores and leading to patient care in hospital bays and bathrooms.