Emergency Rooms

Austin

St. David's North ER resumes normal operations after fatal crash into building

Olivia Aldridge

Austin Police have said they do not believe the crash was intentional.

Firefighters and paramedics with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department in Maryland wear enhanced PPE, during the coronavirus pandemic, as they transport a patient after responding to a call for a cardiac arrest as a result of a drug overdose on May 6, 2020.

Health

Hospital Emergency Rooms Struggle With Overdose Spike During Pandemic

Brian Mann

The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.

Health

Retired Central Texas ER Doc On How He Navigated The 'Painful Incongruity' Of His Work

Jennifer Stayton

Dr. Pat Crocker, a retired Central Texas emergency room doctor, says one of the struggles of his career was "trying to walk that line between empathy and…

Life & Arts

Nigerian Doctor Opens Her Own Emergency Room In Houston

John L. Hanson Jr.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Foyekemi Ikyaator, an emergency room physician and medical director…

The emergency department at Brackenridge Hospital is up and running.

Texas

Physicians Group Gives Texas a Failing Grade for Access to Emergency Care

Texas is failing in several categories when it comes to its emergency care environment, at least according to a report card from the American College of…