A new Same Day Emergency Care unit (SDEC) has now opened at Weston General Hospital (WGH). The expansion to urgent and emergency care services at the hospital was made possible by nearly £5 million in ...
LOGAN — Hocking Valley Community Hospital is improving access to emergency care in the community by transitioning urgent care services to a single, comprehensive Emergency Department beginning July 1.
Emergency care is powerfully aligned with the primary health care agenda as it provides first contact clinical care for those who are acutely ill or injured. Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care is a high impact and cost-effective form of secondary prevention.
The Basic Emergency Care Course (BEC) is a joint WHO/ICRC/IFEM learning programme for first contact health workers who care for patients with acute illness or injury. BEC teaches a systematic approach to the initial assessment and management of time-sensitive conditions where early intervention saves lives.
WHA 76.2 “Integrated emergency, critical and operative care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies,” passed with unanimous support during the 76th World Health Assembly in 2023, represented a powerful call for near-term action to strengthen health systems for delivery of high-quality emergency, critical and operative (ECO) care. In 2024, WHA 77(8) built on ...
Prehospital emergency care is a key component of the health care system. Strengthening prehospital care can help address a wide range of conditions across the life course, including injury, complications of pregnancy, exacerbations of non-communicable diseases, acute infections and sepsis.
Overview Developed by WHO and ICRC, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access training course for first contact healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources. Integrating the guidance from WHO Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment (ETAT ...
The Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course is a joint WHO/ICRC learning program for first contact health workers who care for patients with acute illness or injury. BEC teaches a systematic approach to the initial assessment and management of time-sensitive conditions where early intervention saves lives. The course addresses injury and three key syndromes - difficulty breathing, shock and altered ...
MSN: New Same Day Emergency Care unit opens at Weston General Hospital
JONES COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A new emergency medical services station will provide additional essential services to Jones County residents. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. today at ...
The Logan Daily News: HVCH transitioning urgent care into single emergency department
Intensifying support to earthquake–hit Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided nearly 100 tons of medicines, medical devices and tents so far, and is assisting in coordination and deployment of emergency medical teams on the ground to meet the growing and evolving health needs of the nearly 12.9 million people in need of humanitarian health assistance.Photo credit - WHO ...
Concurring with the advice unanimously expressed by the Committee during the meeting, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge of mpox 2024 continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and, accordingly, on 9 June 2025, issued temporary recommendations to States Parties.
Emergency planning is critical This rapid, coordinated response was only possible because of Romania’s investment in emergency preparedness – early warning systems, trained responders and cross-agency collaboration – all of which played a critical role in reducing casualties during these unprecedented floods.
Emergency medical teams have a long history of respondinig to sudden onset disasters (SOD) such as the Haiti earthquake, the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the floods in Pakistan. EMTs historically have had a trauma and surgical focus, but Ebola has shown us their value in outbreak response and other forms of emergency.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries across the world. This led WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of ...
In July, heavy rains triggered flash floods across northeastern Romania. Commander Marian Ruscan, Unit Commander of the Suceava Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, and his small team of emergency responders were first to arrive at the scene in Suceava County, one of the most badly affected areas.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive guide, the National Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework, to help countries strengthen their preparedness and response to health emergencies.