emergency care

Law enforcement officers and EMS personnel from key public agencies in the Pensacola area recently participated in realistic, high-intensity Active Shooter Hostile Events (ASHE) training. The course, aimed at rendering medical aid more quickly, was led by the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Miami.

A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.

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.

After three hurricanes, a big snow storm and an ice storm, residents and staff of a retirement community in Charleston are starting to view evacuations as the reality of growing old on the coast.

Insured patients in Florida shouldn’t have to pay large bills if they require emergency medical transportation services. They also should have access to...

Without insurance, an ambulance trip can be expensive. A new study suggests people are opting to avoid the cost by using the ride-hailing app, which frees up ambulances for more critical patients.

One patient got a $3,660 bill for a 4-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from one hospital that could not handle his case to another that...

More and more it seems we depend on our smart phones to keep in touch with others and even to pay for our purchases and receive information.Most of us…

More than $7 billion in drugs, vaccines and supplies are stashed in warehouses to be tapped in case of a pandemic or an attack with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. NPR got a peek at one.

Got your yellow dot? Broward County leaders hope their residents do.On Monday, the county launched its Yellow Dot program, which gives first responders…