Year: 2022

An emergency room is a busy, fast-moving place. In fact, 130 million people visited the emergency room in the United States in a recent year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are highly trained and skilled in handling a high caseload and providing people with the…

One of the main reasons a person goes to the doctor is to seek professional medical advice or treatment for a specific ailment. While your doctor is the medical expert, you also have a say in your treatment. After all, it is your body, your health and your life. Be sure you gain all the knowledge you need…

When medical emergencies happen, it’s often up to the doctors and nurses working in a hospital’s emergency department to save a patient’s life. These healthcare providers regularly save lives and prevent further injury or illness for those taken to the ER. However, healthcare providers are human and can make mistakes. These mistakes, however, can be harmful and sometimes…

The federal government has always mandated certain standards that nursing homes are expected to follow, and government officials conduct inspections to ensure those standards are being upheld. However, when certain nursing homes have been found to not be complying with those standards in the past, the federal government has traditionally withheld their names. In the past few months,…