Becker's Hospital Review: AHRQ Releases Emergency Severity Index to Categorize Patients’ Need for ED Care
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released the fourth version of its Emergency Severity Index, a triage tool for emergency department personnel. The Emergency Severity Index is a five ...
AHRQ Releases Emergency Severity Index to Categorize Patients’ Need for ED Care
The analysis included 66 visits: 23 and 43 visits were assigned emergency severity index 2 and 3. HealthDay News — A majority of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC ...
Emergency care is powerfully aligned with the primary health care agenda as it provides first contact clinical care for those who are acutely ill or injured. Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care is a high impact and cost-effective form of secondary prevention.
WHA 76.2 “Integrated emergency, critical and operative care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies,” passed with unanimous support during the 76th World Health Assembly in 2023, represented a powerful call for near-term action to strengthen health systems for delivery of high-quality emergency, critical and operative (ECO) care. In 2024, WHA 77(8) built on ...
Concurring with the advice unanimously expressed by the Committee during the meeting, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge of mpox 2024 continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and, accordingly, on 9 June 2025, issued temporary recommendations to States Parties.
In July, heavy rains triggered flash floods across northeastern Romania. Commander Marian Ruscan, Unit Commander of the Suceava Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, and his small team of emergency responders were first to arrive at the scene in Suceava County, one of the most badly affected areas.