The emergency room doors slide open, and triage nurses immediately assess who needs attention first. Every day, medical professionals make split-second decisions about patient priority based on ...
SCOTT COUNTY, Tenn. — The only hospital in Scott County, Tenn. closed its emergency room to patients on Monday morning. A sign posted on the door to the emergency room read "ER CLOSED AT THIS TIME," ...
It’s a commonsense public health question that doesn’t surface often, if at all, until it becomes an issue that affects health outcomes or cost someone their life. But once raised, it’s a question ...