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What is the antidote for acute tylenol toxicity?

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President Donald Trump proposed that federal healthcare funding be directed to individuals rather than through insurers in a Nov. 8 post on Truth Social. “I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the...
Published on: 2025-11-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Elizabeth Casolo
Innovation does not have to come with a hefty price tag, according to Thomas Jackiewicz, president of UChicago Medicine. New research on the 811-bed health system’s patient advocacy program, using six years of data, shows that minor and nonurgent emergency department visit rates decreased by 45% among patients who received...
Published on: 2025-11-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Kristin Kuchno
The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., is one of only six hospitals around the world to achieve the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet designation seven times.  The ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program describes an organization’s capacity to attract and retain nurses, acting as a magnet for the workforce. One component of...
Published on: 2025-11-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Paige Twenter
The American Nurses Foundation is accepting proposals for three grants of $10,000 each aimed at advancing nurse-led research on AI and innovation in nursing. The initiative, funded in partnership with Hippocratic AI, is designed to support early-career nurses in developing AI-driven solutions to challenges within the profession, according to a...
Published on: 2025-11-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Ella Jeffries
Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has kicked off construction of its $122 million University Row Medical Center in Madison, which will expand the system’s Digestive Health Center.  The four-story medical center is part of a long-term plan to exit UW Health’s aging facility on Park Street in Madison, and aims to...
Published on: 2025-11-11
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
By Madeline Ashley
When to go on a zebra hunt A four-year-old boy presents in the paediatric ED with a week-long history of fever. His parents report that this is the first time their child has experienced such a prolonged period of fever. What are your first steps? What counts as prolonged fever?...
Published on: 2025-11-10
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Spyridon Karageorgos
Can ESR & CRP reliably rule out acute infectious spinal pathology? A new study explores using these markers to avoid MRI for spinal epidural abscess. The post Is There Any Way Out for Spinal Epidural Abscess? appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-07
Source: ACEP Now
By Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS
Identifying elder abuse in the emergency department is crucial. This article covers specific red flags and injury types, like facial bruising or skull fractures, to look for. The post Patterns of Injury in Elder Abuse appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-06
Source: ACEP Now
By Heather Rozzi, MD, FACEP
Click through to see the result's of ACEP Now's October poll. The post Poll: Emergency Physicians Read Their Own X-Rays More Often Than Not appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-06
Source: ACEP Now
By ACEP Now
Click through to see all the stats from the ACEP25 conference. The post By the Numbers: ACEP25 appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-06
Source: ACEP Now
By ACEP Now
Neonates can be daunting for any paediatric trainee when they first start. The NICU is often the first intensive care environment a trainee may have experienced, and problems, physiology and size are just a few things that mark Neonates out from the rest of Paediatrics. Knowing what to hand over...
Published on: 2025-11-05
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Harpreet Dodd
Time to look at what has been published in this month's Bubble Wrap Plus with Anke Raaijmakers and Prof .Jaan Toelen The post Bubble Wrap PLUS – November 2025 appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles....
Published on: 2025-11-04
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Anke Raaijmakers
Have you been keeping up with the literature? The Bubble Wrap team have. The post The 96th Bubble wrap x The Royal London Hospital appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles....
Published on: 2025-11-02
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Nadia Shad
Critically ill children often present to their local hospital, which may not be equipped to provide Level 3 (intensive) care. These children are stabilised locally and then transferred to tertiary centres for ongoing care. This often involves admission to critical care units. In any given DGH, this may happen a...
Published on: 2025-10-29
Source: DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Matthew Dawson
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