The computer said she was an 88-year-old female with a chief complaint of fatigue. From experience, I knew fatigue in an older person could be caused by almost anything. So … was it a heart attack?

I called our insurance’s nurse advice line, and they recommended putting her wrist in a splint and taking her to the ER. We do this and explain to her what’s happening, and she immediately ...

If you’re treated and released from an emergency department without being admitted to the hospital as an inpatient, Medicare Part A probably won’t cover your ER visit. Medicare Part A is ...

Lee. “We really want to use some of these other pathways to getting a quick diagnosis, getting quick care, and also will help you, because nobody wants to be in the ER hours at a time waiting to see ...

“I was in the paediatric ER when the family was brought in,” recounts Dr Asad Mian, a former paediatric ER doctor at the Aga Khan University Hospital. “The eldest child was stable, but in ...