Emergency Medicine

Delayed emergencies in COVID times

A new study shows how often people put off non-COVID emergency care during the pandemic, who stayed home, and what kind of care they deferred.

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In the News


KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)

Philly Habitat for Humanity to receive $4 million grant for home repair program

A study by Eugenia C. South of the Perelman School of Medicine and John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues found that repairing a home can reduce crime on a block by 23 percent.

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The New York Times

Inside the hospital where Damar Hamlin’s life was saved

Jeremy Cannon and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the importance of rapid response and the impediments to beneficial research for cardiac arrest patients.

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The New York Times

CPR and defibrillators: What you need to know

Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that only a tiny fraction of people who have a cardiac arrest and are not at a hospital get CPR, calling it a national tragedy.

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WESA Radio (Pittsburgh)

Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows

A co-authored Penn study found that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.

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WHYY (Philadelphia)

Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows

A study by Eugenia South of the Perelman School of Medicine and John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues finds that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.

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ABC News

Damar Hamlin’s collapse highlights importance of bystanders learning CPR

Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people don’t realize the importance of CPR in the case of an unconscious patient who isn’t breathing.

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