Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits
Emergency Visits for Child Suicidal Ideation Increased in Illinois in 2019
Increase started in 2019 and continued through pandemic; hospitalizations increased 57 percent between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020
America’s Emergency Physicians Warn of Surge in Patients Due to ‘Tripledemic’
A coalition of health and medical groups has called on the White House to hold a summit on ongoing problems facing U.S. emergency departments
America’s Emergency Medicine Physicians Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients
Two-thirds of emergency physicians reported being assaulted in the past year alone
59.5 Percent of Adult ED Visits Are for Patients With Chronic Conditions
Hypertension was the most frequently observed chronic condition; hypertension and diabetes was most frequent pair
Pediatric ED Visits Decreased During Pandemic Versus 2019
Increases seen in visits for certain types of injuries and some chronic diseases; increase in visits related to behavioral concerns
Red Cross Says Blood Shortage Is Worst in a Decade
Organization has had to limit blood product distributions to hospitals
3 Percent of Youth Testing Positive for COVID-19 in ED Have Severe Outcomes
Age, underlying chronic illness, and symptom duration tied to severe outcomes
Amid U.S. Blood Shortage, New Pressure to Ease Donor Rules for Gay Men
Easing the rules would result in a 2 to 4 percent increase — 345,400 to 615,300 more pints of blood — in the nation’s annual blood supply
Red Cross Says U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Level
People who have received COVID-19 vaccines can donate blood and platelets as long as they are symptom-free