Hospitals differentiate themselves from other healthcare organizations through their standby role — their commitment to providing 24/7 access to care, serving as a safety net and preparing and ...

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a free, downloadable hospital emergency response checklist. The tool, geared toward hospital administrators and managers, ...

In honor of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Loyola University New Orleans has published a book featuring first-person accounts from nurses who worked to save lives in hospitals and ...

As smoke overcame the crowd outside of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, first responders rushed to the scene to rescue and treat the victims. However, no real danger was present. The planned scene was ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When the McBride wildfire erupted in New Mexico three years ago, David Merritt had a math problem. The fire was closing in on a Lincoln County hospital with 11 admitted patients, but the ...

The Zachary Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness — led by Emergency Preparedness Director Ty Stephens — in partnership with the Zachary Fire Department and Zachary Police Department and Lane ...

President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness program threatens a fund used by state health systems from Republican-led Texas to the Democratic stronghold of California.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selim Suner, an emergency medicine doctor at Rhode Island Hospital, said it was business as usual on Saturday, Dec. 13. “It was a ...

NEW DELHI: In an intense simulation mimicking wartime devastation, hospitals across Delhi were plunged into emergency mode on Wednesday as authorities staged large-scale mock drills to evaluate the ...

Four-day Austin conference brings together EMS, fire service, hospital and government professionals to explore emerging innovation, research and hands-on technology training ...

12 people were injured in a stabbing incident at the Union Gospel Mission of Salem Salem Health hospital enacted mass casualty protocols, with staff and physicians responding to treat the influx of ...