Ambulance strike dates: When they are and what to do if you need emergency help

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NHS strike dates: When the next nurse walkouts are and which areas are affected SOURCE: News – Read entire story here....
Adopting readiness standards could lower the death rate among children in emergency departments Emergency departments that have the highest levels of coordination of health care, personnel, procedures and medical equipment needed to care for ill and injured children have far higher rates of survival than hospitals with low readiness, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health....
‘Chaotic’ Scenes Inside 2 New York City Hospitals During Nurses’ Strike Nurses have remained on the picket lines this week at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, which have been less full but still tumultuous as they operate with skeletal staffs....
Fewer Emergency Department Visits End With Opioid Prescriptions (MedPage Today) -- Fewer emergency department (ED) visits end with a prescription for opioids, CDC survey data showed. The percentage of ED visits with an opioid prescribed at discharge fell from 12.2% in 2017-2018 to 8.1% in 2019-2020, reported......