Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Emergency department boarding is a horror story that’s largely hidden from public view. Very sick patients are held for hours or even days in the emergency department, often on a gurney in a hallway, waiting for an inpatient bed or transfer to another facility. Boarding reflects health care system failures.

Disaster and Emergency Management 105

Disaster and Emergency Management Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Ageing and Health 105

NC Health News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Office of Emergency Medical Services deployed nine multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to waterlogged communities where residents were cut off from providers. Some of the visiting clinicians stayed for nearly two months, leaving only after the situation had improved enough for local emergency agencies to resume regular operations.

Disaster and Emergency Management 115

Disaster and Emergency Management Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Rural Health 115

NC Health News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

During the procedure, the doctor accidentally tore her bladder, and she didnt get out of the hospital until early November. She got out of the hospital Nov. I don’t understand why Duke and United Healthcare waited so long to decide what they were going to do, she said. I didnt know what to do, she said.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 121

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Disaster and Emergency Management Ageing and Health Health Policy 121

Gideon

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

People hurt in disasters are, in general, at a much higher risk of getting infected. Spores of the bacterium, Clostridium tetani , enter our bodies and spread all over the nerves in the central nervous system. The incubation period varies based on how far the injury site is from the central nervous system.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 52

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Disaster and Emergency Management Public Health Agencies Vaccination Programs 52