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Tag: Emergency Medical Services

There's sign with red letters that says "Emergency Trauma Center." Emergency care is different from urgent care.
Posted inConsumer News

The decision of where to seek care is complicated by the multitude of options

by KFF Health News January 17, 2023January 16, 2023

By Sam Whitehead Kaiser Health News One evening in February 2017, Sarah Dudley’s husband, Joseph, started to feel sick. He had a high fever, his head and body ached, and he seemed disoriented, she said. The Dudleys had a decision to make: go to the hospital emergency room or to an urgent care clinic near […]

An EMS worker exits an ambulance to respond to a car accident
Posted inHealthcare Workers

EMS departments across North Carolina are understaffed and over burdened

by Rachel Crumpler and Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 5, 2022October 5, 2022
shows a man standing in the front of a room at a podium, there are cameras and mostly empty seats in front of him, the result of social distancing to prevent transmission of COVID
Posted inHealth Insurance

Coronavirus Today – May 18 – Big no to COVID parties; Waiting for phase two; Day-over-day count concerning

by Editor May 18, 2020December 10, 2022
lawmakers at the House discuss covid-19
Posted inState Health Policy

Legislators race to get COVID information as they start drafting bills

by Rose Hoban April 10, 2020April 13, 2021
shows charlotte at night, where providers are collecting personal protective equipment in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – March 24 – Mecklenburg shelter in place order, personal protective equipment and “a sign from God”

by Editor March 24, 2020December 10, 2022
shows cots and room dividers set up in a large room in a shelter prepared for Hurricane Dorian evacuees
Posted inChronic Disease

People with special medical needs fleeing Hurricane Dorian might end up at a Clayton church

by Anne Blythe September 5, 2019October 8, 2019

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