Emergency Medicine | Penn Today

Travel nurses’ gold rush is over. Now, some are joining other nurses in leaving the profession altogether

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that each patient added to a hospital nurse’s workload is associated with a 7%-12% increase in hospital mortality.

Delaware teacher beats COVID-19 after year long fight, heads back to classroom

Joshua Diamond and Jaclyn Golato of Penn Medicine and colleagues are credited by Delaware teacher Bri Iacona for helping her survive a year-long battle with severe COVID-19, culminating in heart surgery and a double lung transplant.

More than two years into the pandemic, hospital care still may not save you from dying of COVID-19

Lewis J. Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine says that improvements in outpatient therapy have prompted some hospitals to only admit very ill COVID patients.

Headphones and a stethoscope on a table.

Combating provider burnout and stress with music

Health care providers, long susceptible to burnout, have turned to music to alleviate the stress of the pandemic.

A group of men in India stand in a line holding first aid kits and certificates

‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims

The innovative program addresses the country’s high rate of preventable fatalities by offering training on how to recognize and stop life-threatening bleeding.

Black patient receiving an injection in the arm by a medical professional.

Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities

Penn Medicine researchers also find that white patients are more likely to be chemically sedated in emergency departments at hospitals that treat high proportion Black patients, suggesting that hospital demographics can impact practice patterns.

Masked person holding up hand in defense against a vial of vaccine being offered by a gloved hand.

Insights on trust and vaccines: Lessons from an emergency department analysis

A team from the Perelman School of Medicine completed a survey to determine who people trust when it comes to vaccine hesitancy.

Eugenia South standing in a wooded area with arms folded surrounded by tree branches.

Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice

Eugenia South, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and vice chair for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Emergency Medicine, highlights the need to connect and act in support of equity and inclusion on many fronts.

Neon EMERGENCY sign on front of hospital.

New emergency department program enables patients to recover at home safely

Penn Medicine established a program to improve support for patients after emergency department visits, helping them recover at home instead of the hospital.

Single hospital bed in an abandoned hallway

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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