Evacusled for Efficient Hospital Evacuations

From Medgadget:
Thanks to The Des Moines Register, we learned of how some hospitals are preparing for emergencies that would require the evacuation of bed ridden patients.
Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 brought the issue of hospital emergency preparedness to the forefront, with one key piece being patient evacuation, from natural disasters to terrorism attacks, say health officials [...]

Dead Man’s Parents Were Not Called in EMS Delay Case

From the Washington Post:
For two days, while Jeremy Miller’s body lay unclaimed in a morgue at the D.C. medical examiner’s office, his parents in Fredericksburg had no idea he was dead.

No D.C. officials called his parents, even as authorities investigated why fire and emergency department workers drove to the wrong site looking for him after [...]

How to find the best ER for your child

From the CNN.com “Empowered Patient” series:
When your child has an emergency, you want a hospital with child-sized medical equipment, pediatricians who are right there (or at least minutes away), and little things like cartoons in the examining room (A kid will sit through a procedure a lot more easily if she’s watching cartoons; the news [...]