The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently put annual emergency department visits at 130 million a year. Those visits led to 16.2 million hospital admissions, and each admission ...

PurdueALERT is the university’s emergency notification system, used by public safety officials to warn students, faculty and staff of imminent danger through multiple communication methods. These ...

Smith College uses an all-hazards approach to emergency management and emergency preparedness. It’s impossible to prepare for every single emergency that may occur, and it’s equally impossible to ...

Medical professionals at urgent care centers and hospital emergency rooms give people immediate medical attention. Understanding the services each offers may save people time and money if they are ...

SAN ANTONIO – Till the crisis is over, KSAT News is stepping in to try and separate the facts from the fiction surrounding the new coronavirus. Every weekday night during the 6 p.m. broadcast news and ...

The biggest boom in U.S. medicine does not involve antibiotics or even contraceptive pills; it is the fast-growing popularity of hospital emergency rooms. Across the country they are flooded with an ...

But until recently, neither Alexander nor any of her colleagues in the emergency department at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis had ever performed one of the most common ...

Do not respond to any voice commands until you can verify with certainty that they are being issued by a police officer. After getting to a safe location and without jeopardizing your safety, try and ...