AP Exclusive: EPA didn't declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment
Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Lauren Boebert went for an emergency surgery to remove a blood clot in her leg that was causing'severe swelling '
Rep. Lauren Boebert. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert underwent surgery on Tuesday for a blood clot in her leg. Boebert had experienced "severe swelling in her upper left leg" on Monday, her campaign team said. Boebert's medical woes come at a trying…#laurenboebert #billclark #cqrollcallinc #colorado #denverpost #republicans #kenbuck #jayson #tylerboebert (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AP EPA didn't declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment
The aftermath of last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn't qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven't been documented, federal officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency never approved that designation…#ohio #february2023 #eastpalestine #epa #markdurno #libby #montana #durno #norfolksouthern #jamiwallace (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AP EPA didn ’t declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment
Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented.#ohio (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update
Notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the FY 2025 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. Includes proposed revisions to the patient-level adjustment factors, the Emergency Department adjustment, and the payment amount for electroconvulsive therapy; and seeks to adopt a new quality measure and modify reporting requirements under the IPF Quality R...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 3, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
ED Use Up for Infants of Mothers With Depressive Symptoms
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 -- Infants with mothers with depressive symptoms have higher overall and nonemergent emergency department use, according to a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs.Slawa Rokicki, Ph.D., from Rutgers University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Flu Vaccine Uptake Tripled With Simple Promotion
(MedPage Today) -- A few simple interventions boosted flu vaccine uptake for patients waiting at the emergency department [ED], according to the cluster-randomized, controlled PROFLUVAXED trial.
People in ED waiting areas who consented to view... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 2, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
‘Incredibly grateful’: NMC thanks nurses as Covid-19 register closes
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has marked the end of Covid-19 emergency registration by thanking those who stepped up to provide essential services during the pandemic. In March 2020, the Coronavirus Act 2020 allowed the NMC to set up a temporary register to support the health and social care workforce. It was open to... Read moreThe post ‘Incredibly grateful’: NMC thanks nurses as Covid-19 register closes appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Covid-19 Latest news Source Type: news
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thoughtPatient One was 24 years old and pregnant with her third child when she was taken off life support. It was 2014. A couple of years earlier, she had been diagnosed with a disorder that caused an irregular heartbeat, and during her two previous pregnancies she had suffered seizures and faintings. Four weeks into her third pregnancy, she collapsed on the floor of her home. Her mother, who was with her, called 911. By the time an ambulance arrived, Patient One had been unconscious for more than 10 minutes. Par...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Alex Blasdel Tags: Death and dying Consciousness Science Biology Neuroscience Hospitals Source Type: news
NHS recovery plan: one year on
Royal College of Emergency Medicine - In January 2023, the Department for Health and NHS England published a delivery plan to recover emergency care services following the most challenging winter the NHS has ever faced. The premise of the plan was to improve waiting times and patient experience by increasing capacity, growing the workforce, improving discharge, expanding care outside hospitals, and making it easier to access the right care. One year on, this briefing has been prepared to help policymakers review progress made in recovering emergency care services.BriefingPress release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 2, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news
Long waits and excess deaths
Royal College of Emergency Medicine - The idea of emergency care services experiencing seasonal spikes in demand – so called ‘Winter Pressures’ are fast becoming a thing of the past. Instead, long waits have become the new norm year-round, and staff are caring for patients in unsafe conditions on a daily basis. It is well established that long waits are associated with patient harm and excess deaths. Las t year the UK government publishedDelivery plan for the recovery of urgent and emergency care (UEC) services. A year on, far too many patients are still coming to avoidable harm.BriefingPress release (So...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 2, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data NHS performance and productivity Patient safety Source Type: news
Implementation path for cultivating public health emergency management talents under overall safety and emergency response - Sitong W, Xuecheng L, Wei LIU.
To adapt to the needs of public health emergency management and the changing talent requirements in the context of overall safety and emergency response, it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments to the public health emergency management talent devel... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Intelligent modeling and simulation of online public opinion for major accidents based on proactive safety - Xin C, Kefan XIE.
In case of major security accidents, information disseminated wantonly and difficult to discern in terms of authenticity can easily cause negative social sentiments. This poses several issues to emergency rescue. Sentiment analysis, topic calculation, and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Maryland legislators hope to help port workers and others affected by the bridge collapse
The Maryland legislature is fast-tracking an emergency bill to help people whose jobs are affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The accident last week claimed the lives of six bridge workers. Thousands of other people who work at or around the Port of Baltimore…#maryland #baltimore #portofbaltimore #lukeclippinger #innerharbor #billferguson #arnazharrison #hhallogistics #portact #marketplace (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Post-ICU Syndrome: The Long Road to Recovery Post-ICU Syndrome: The Long Road to Recovery
Drs Robert Glatter and Nida Qadir discuss post –intensive care syndrome, including what it is, management opportunities, and funding needs for the future.Medscape Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
