Tag: emergency room

  • Health

    Stroke, heart-attack cases plummet during pandemic

    A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center study showed dramatic drops in hospital visits for heart attacks and stroke, which likely led to uncounted deaths at home during the COVID crisis. Perhaps more troubling is the potential for long-term damage to decades’ work to catch conditions in their earliest, most treatable stages.

    10 minutes
    Emergency Sign.
  • Health

    Hope for managing hospital admissions of COVID-19 cases

    A top emergency-preparedness official with Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital says recent modeling shows social distancing is working to flatten the curve.

    4 minutes
    People walking 12 feet apart.
  • Health

    Vital challenge, for those always ready

    With cases of COVID-19 multiplying, a Massachusetts General Hospital preparedness expert discusses existing challenges and the ways first responders can get ready to meet the new coronavirus.

    8 minutes
    Fireman, EMT and doctor next to ambulance.
  • Health

    Heatwave = heat stroke = ER visit

    Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.

    13 minutes
    Renee Salas.