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What is the antidote for acute tylenol toxicity?

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Becker’s has reported on 12 hospitals and health systems that have promoted CFOs to the chief executive role in 2025: 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems appointed Kevin Hammons as CEO on Dec. 10. Mr. Hammons had served as interim CEO following the Sept. 30 retirement of Tim Hingtgen, who...
Published on: 2025-12-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Andrew Cass
Minneapolis-based Allina Health has struck a deal to codevelop AI solutions with automation company Qventus. As the inaugural member of the startup’s AI Solution Factory, the health system will create operational AI assistants alongside the company. The 12-hospital organization already uses the tools to optimize capacity in surgical and other...
Published on: 2025-12-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Giles Bruce
Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center is shifting its proposed redesign of pediatric services into the Agency of Human Services’ new statewide healthcare transformation process after previously filing a notice of intent to end inpatient pediatric admissions. Here are five things to know: 1. The hospital had submitted the filing to...
Published on: 2025-12-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Kristin Kuchno
COVID-19 vaccines sharply reduced children’s risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in the first six months after vaccination, according to a Dec. 11 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC analyzed data from more than 44,500 visits among children 9 months to 4 years...
Published on: 2025-12-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Ella Jeffries
You are working in the Children’s ED. The alert phone rings with an 8-year-old in cardiac arrest. They have been in a shockable rhythm for some time. It’s been a while since you looked at the most up-to-date Resus guidance and have heard there are some changes. You wonder, what...
Published on: 2025-12-10
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By David Fotheringham
New data attributes 5% of annual cancer diagnoses to CT scans. Explore strategies to curb overutilization and minimize radiation risks in the ED. The post The Renewed Necessity of Robust Clinical Judgment in CT Scan Utilization appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-12-10
Source: ACEP Now
By Chinonso A. Nwakama, BS; Bess M. Storch, MD; and Ugo A. Ezenkwele, MD, MPH, FACEP
As we close out 2025, ACEP’s chapters shared news from the year and previewed what is to... The post ACEP Chapter Roundup: Highlights and Updates from 2025 appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-12-09
Source: ACEP Now
By ACEP Now
Click through to see the result’s of ACEP Now‘s November poll. The post ED Boarding Earns Most Votes as Key RAND Report Topic to Cover appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-12-09
Source: ACEP Now
By ACEP Now
Lily, a 15-year-old student, comes to see you with her father following a recent trip to the Emergency Department. She tells you that for the last nine months, she has struggled with the feeling of her heart racing. When this happens, she feels sick, gets a headache and feels light-headed...
Published on: 2025-12-08
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Catherine Sproson
Have you been keeping up with the literature? The Bubble Wrap team have. The post The 97th Bubble wrap x University Hospital Limerick appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles....
Published on: 2025-12-04
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Kene Maduemem
Health care relies heavily on single-use plastics, creating massive waste. Discover how emergency physicians can switch to sustainable, safer alternatives. The post Opinion: Physicians Must Reduce Plastic Waste appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-12-04
Source: ACEP Now
By Bridget Lee, MD
She’s crying. Can you please give her something for the pain?” It was her sister, no more than eight years old, placing herself gently between me (the doctor) and her sibling after an injection. She wasn’t angry or scared, just protective of her little sibling. That moment has stayed with...
Published on: 2025-11-26
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Rukshana Latiff
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Adam Clark Estes of Vox about his new story out titled: "I Covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life."...
Published on: 2025-06-15
Source: NPR
By Kai McNamee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking....
Published on: 2025-06-15
Source: NPR
By Rob Stein
Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative....
Published on: 2025-06-15
Source: NPR
By Chiara Eisner
Take a big inhale through your nose. Now, exhale. Breathing may seem simple, but it's controlled by a complex brain network. Each inhale gives the human brain information about the external world. And now, a new research paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that humans have unique breathing patterns,...
Published on: 2025-06-15
Source: NPR
By Regina G. Barber
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked....
Published on: 2025-06-15
Source: NPR
By Ayesha Rascoe