SPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Mark Kenton does his daily rounds, he’s taking the pulse of Mercy Medical Center’s entire Department of Emergency Medicine. Kenton wants to know how many patients are there, how ...

McClain County deputies responded to an emergency landing Thursday morning after a patient being airlifted became combative mid-flight, the sheriff said. Sheriff Landy Offolter said three of his ...

WILLMAR, Minn. — An employee of Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar suffered serious injury Monday morning after being stabbed with a knife by a patient with a history of erratic behavior. According to ...

Patients who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds ...

JACKSON, MI – A nurse at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital was stabbed while on the job last week when a patient became combative and pulled out a knife. Police were called at about 7 a.m., Feb. 13, to the ...

May 3, 2007 — For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive treatment in the last week of life is linked to a worse quality of death and less likelihood of dying in the place of the patient's choice, ...

Nurses being held hostage by violent patients at a northern rivers detox unit are being offered “de-escalation and resilience” training instead of permanent security they say they desperately need.