1986 congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) as a result of clients being transferred from private hospitals to public hospitals without appropriate screening and stabilization (Potter & Perry‚ 2009). This act states that most hospitals must provide an examination and needed stabilizing treatment‚ without consideration of insurance coverage or ability to pay‚ when a patient presents to an emergency room for attention to an emergency medical condition (www.emtala
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The Use of Emergency Room as a Primary Care Provider There are Emergency rooms all over the United States that are being utilized as primary care provider.‚ by patients covered by private insurance‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare as well as the uninsured.(Baker‚ August 13‚ 2008) Some patients call their primary care provider and are told‚ they cannot be worked in for several days or weeks. The option given is to go to the Emergency room for treatment. Other reasons are people who do not have a primary
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The emergency management is involved organizing and managing the response and recovery with the fire department‚ police‚ ems and other agencies responding to emergency incidents. Emergency management is to make sure that the citizens is not endanger to any terroristic or natural event. The emergency management primary responsibility is to provide safety and care among the community to lower their vulnerability to the hazards within the local‚ state‚ and federal jurisdictions. The accomplishment of
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INTRODUCTION Emergency in ordinary parlance means a time of crisis‚ a moment of danger or suspense. A state of emergency therefore is a governmental declaration that recognises the existence of this peculiar situation and takes some necessary actions to restore the peace and governmental stability of the society. During this period‚ the maxim‚ salus populi suprema lex has a special force and to that effect‚ some normal functions of the executive‚ legislative and judicial powers may be suspended.
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Emergency Rooms vs Urgent Care Centers People everyday deal with sudden illnesses and emergencies‚ and it always seems these unfortunate situations happen when your physician’s office is closed. If your emergency is bad enough‚ most people will go to their local emergency department‚ but that may not always be the best choice. This is where it would benefit people to know the many differences between emergency rooms and urgent care centers. Emergency rooms and urgent care centers differ
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Care of the Child in the Emergency Department This essay will seek to critically reflect on the presentation of a fourteen year old female patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) of an inner city acute trust hospital‚ particularly within the context of family centred care (FCC) and its delivery within the PED. Reflection will be through use of the Gibb’s reflective model (Gibbs‚ 1988). This model enables the user to look at what happened; their
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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) * Education/Training: * Have to have a GED or high school diploma; * Be in good physical condition; * Have a driver’s license; * Complete an approved emergency medical technician programs; and * Be able to work as a team * A lot of different EMT training levels; * The first level is EMT basic * The second level is EMT- intermediate training (requires 35-55 hours) * The most advanced level is EMT-Paramedic (lasts
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Medical Emergency in General Dental Practice. LOCATION: Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery‚ Willow Terrace Road‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds. LS2 9JT GROUP: The presentation is to a group of 12 Longitudinal Foundation Dental Trainees. The group have been emailed individually several weeks before and asked to prepare and present a short power-point presentation. They will then present to the other members of the group. Each Trainee will present one medical emergency scenario
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Kimberly Lewis NUR 408 May 7‚ 2012 Theresa White‚ MSN Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood
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Fire Corps is one of five partner programs under Citizen Corps‚ the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps partner programs share the common goal of helping communities prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies of all kinds. Launched in 2004‚ Fire Corps is managed by the National Volunteer Fire Council and works with various organizations
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