According to a report by FAIR Health, the cost of traveling by ambulance has skyrocketed over the past five years, according to AXIOS. Patients generally do not have the ability to choose their EMS provider and often find themselves on the hook due to hundreds, if not thousands…
In Russia, a pensioner herself performed an operation without waiting for doctors, according to the BBC. In Vyborg, Leningrad Region, an elderly woman with cancer was unable to receive the necessary medical care due to the coronavirus and underwent surgery herself, an ambulance worker said. Authorities…
25-year-old kindergarten teacher Tashonna Ward from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on January 2 without waiting for a doctor in the emergency department at the hospital. Writes about this USA Today. The Ward family states that the girl came to the hospital with chest pain ...
A British tourist was involved in an accident in Mexico and brought her nearly severed arm to an emergency room. Writes about this DailyMail. Chelsea Vella, 26, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, said she was with a friend on a field trip near Puerto Vallarta on September 18. Buggy ...
A medical helicopter pilot in Boston, Massachusetts is under investigation for allegedly falling asleep while flying with a patient on board. The Federal Aviation Administration is verifying whether the Boston MedFlight helicopter pilot actually fell asleep while transporting a patient from Martha ...
While American lawmakers are trying to rid the country of unaffordable medical bills, people continue to struggle with huge bills on their own. This also applies to the cost of emergency care, especially air ambulance, which can cost the patient and his family…
The long, high-pitched howl of a police or ambulance siren that has long been part of the soundtrack of any New Yorker for generations can be replaced by a less uncomfortable sound. Local lawmakers have proposed to transfer the city's law enforcement officers and doctors to the sirens that are used in London and ...
According to a recent report from the American Medical Association, about half of emergency room (ER) patients have mental health problems. The demand for mental health services in the emergency department is increasing so much that people with mental health problems spend more time in the ER than they should. Problem in…
On August 1, 2017, Brittany Cloyd of Frankfort, Kentucky, said she was in pain “worse than childbirth.” Her mother, who was in nursing school, took her to a nearby emergency room (ER). Brittany thought...
In September 2017, Sonna Anderson rode a horse in North Dakota. At some point, the animal got scared, twitched and stumbled, dropping its owner. Sonna fell, suffering a head injury and breaking three ribs. She was transported to the hospital by ambulance helicopter. ...