Sentences with phrase «in emergency rooms»

Betadine, the brownish antiseptic that's common in emergency rooms, includes a synthetic polymer made of chemicals derived from petroleum.

Shutting down trains, switching on backup power in emergency rooms, diverting air traffic and that sort of thing, but this comes from short term warning systems which I think have some value.

Zeng lived next to the hospital and would recall in his early paintings, scenes of doctors and fearful patients in emergency rooms, and the proximity between humans and flesh to underscore human frailty.

A more recent study showed that 1,000 Americans per day are treated in emergency rooms as a result of dog bites.

To compare accidental injuries treated in emergency rooms, a person is roughly 23 times more likely to be injured from a fall than from a dog bite; 12 times more likely to be injured by a car; 7 times more likely to be injured by a sharp object; and, 1.5 times more likely to be injured by a bicycle.

They are five times more likely to visit healthcare providers and twice as likely to be seen in emergency rooms as the general population.

They are five times more likely to visit healthcare providers and twice as likely to be seen in emergency rooms than the general population.

This is why charcoal is used to pull toxic oil spills from the oceans and lakes and why it is commonly used in emergency rooms for individuals who overdose on drugs.

And while great for the occasional ache or pain, many people don't know that acetaminophen is the No. 1 cause of acute liver failure in the United States and also the No. 1 overdose seen in emergency rooms — mostly due to people taking them too often or incorrectly.

Activated charcoal has been used for ages as a poison remedy and is still a staple in emergency rooms for treating poisoning and overdoses, because it binds to contaminants (well, and nutrients, too) and passes them through your body without being absorbed.

Because it's so porous, activated charcoal is sometimes used in emergency rooms to treat certain kinds of poisoning and overdose — by «soaking up» the poison, charcoal prevents it from being absorbed into the stomach.

More than 50,000 patients are treated in emergency rooms annually for bad reactions to cardiovascular drugs.

Eshel is particularly excited about the possible implications for his patients, particularly those affected by addiction, a disease he sees every day in the emergency rooms and hospital wards.

The researchers also noted an increase in the antibiotic prescribing rate in emergency rooms, from 69 percent to 73 percent, during the same 14 - year period.

«But those people may have been in car accidents or other incidents that led them to have their skulls X-rayed in emergency rooms or elsewhere.

During the same time period, the total numbers of pedestrians who wound up in emergency rooms actually decreased.

«If dexamethasone works well in humans, we could potentially use it to prevent fearful memories in soldiers on the battlefield, patients in emergency rooms, or anywhere else where healthcare providers provide treatment within hours of traumatic events.»

Hopkins, UMMC and other hospitals collected $ 84 million over the three years ending in 2015 to treat acutely ill Baltimore asthma patients as inpatients or in emergency rooms, according to the news organizations» analysis of statewide hospital data.

The ACA was designed to substantially increase the millions of people who newly enroll in private health insurance coverage as well as the number of companies that provide it while at the same time reducing the number of uninsured people who had previously received primary care in emergency rooms.

In 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 2,465 children and adolescents under age 20 died from firearm - related incidents; 15,091 were treated in emergency rooms, and 6,213 were hospitalized, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Forty percent of pediatric concussions seen in emergency rooms involve high school students.

The authors caution that unless the message about the importance of vaccinations is spread widely and effectively more parents will find themselves «in emergency rooms and isolation wards watching children suffer with the devastating effects of measles, whooping cough or some readily preventable infectious disease.»

No single solution exists for alleviating crowding in emergency rooms, but a new study identifies four key strategies that have reduced the problem.

A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Technology assessment finds that, after viewing CT scan results, physicians in the emergency departments of four major academic medical centers made key changes in clinical decision - making for patients with symptoms frequently seen in emergency rooms.

Crowding in emergency rooms has been associated with decreased patient satisfaction and even death.

Scientists in Perth, Australia, checked on people who owned cell phones and who wound up in emergency rooms after car crashes.

The FDA review of the medications began after a report by the Centers for Disease Control in January found that, between 2004 and 2005, more than 1,500 children under the age of 2 had wound up in emergency rooms after taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines.

Unhinged people on bad acid trips who had taken bootleg or adulterated street drugs began showing up in emergency rooms in the throes of severe panic attacks or psychotic breakdowns.

Officials in the emergency rooms at Health Alliance Hospital's Broadway campus and Northern Dutchess Hospital said there were no patients admitted to either hospital for fireworks - related injuries Saturday.

The program will allow Maryhaven's Hope Crisis Center in Freeport to have 35 beds for those who overdose, are revived with Narcan in emergency rooms but then have no place to go to kick their habit.

He says that «to put people in emergency rooms for acute mental health problems is really not the right answer.»

But there is a serious side to toys; each year, millions of children are treated in emergency rooms for toy - related injuries, and tragedy can result from poor choices of toys or -LSB-...]

Last week's report said that among people 19 and younger, 250,000 were treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other sports - or recreation - related brain injuries in 2009, up from 150,000 in 2001.

Among children treated in emergency rooms for non-fatal choking incidents, almost 60 percent were food - related.

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Statistically each year, more than 2.5 million children are treated in emergency rooms for fall - related injuries.

Each year, more than 173,000 children and adolescents are treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.

- Created new flyer, Protect Your Child from unsafe Children's Products for distribution in emergency rooms.

Although many parents get through their baby's first few months without a fever, unfortunately, this scenario occurs hundreds of times a day in emergency rooms all over the country.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that over 4,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each year for injuries related to falls from windows.

Opponents of baby walkers cite the high injury rate — over 25,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms in 1992 alone — as a reason to ban the manufacture and sale of them in the United States.

Each year about 23,000 children are treated in emergency rooms because they fell from a shopping cart according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

are treated in emergency rooms for accidental poisoning, and two of those children will die.

From 2003 to 2007, there were more than 43,000 car seat - related injuries reported in emergency rooms, and many of these were considered preventable.

On average 38,000 people are treated in emergency rooms with the tip over injuries related to heavy furniture or TVs.

Balconies and windows According to statistics each year, more than 2.5 million children are treated in emergency rooms for fall - related injuries.

The safety debate mostly dealt with the fact that thousands of babies in the US alone ended up in emergency rooms as a result of a fall down some steps while in the walker.

The CPSC reports that 4,900 injuries related to inflatable slides and bounce houses were treated in emergency rooms in 2004.

According to the CPSC, there were at least 36 television tip - over deaths and 65 furniture tip - over deaths between 2000 and 2005; many more injuries were treated in emergency rooms.

And more children show up in emergency rooms with injuries resulting from riding a bicycle than any other sport.