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When To Choose a Free-Standing Emergency Room

When you find yourself in an emergency medical situation, do you choose a nearby free-standing emergency room? Or do you head to an emergency department that’s attached to a hospital?

How Emergency Rooms Decide Who Gets Seen First

Have Emergency Medical Kit Ready for Trip to ER

It’s late at night and your head is throbbing, so you head to the bathroom for some ibuprofen. Three steps away from the bed, you pass out and fall to the floor unconscious. The noise wakes your teenage son, who finds you and quickly calls 911. When paramedics arrive, they start asking your son questions about your health – but he doesn’t know the answers. That limits how they can care for you.

New NIH-Funded Initiative Will Help ORMC Advance Emergency Medicine Research

Trauma is the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 1 to 46, and on average there are about 141 million visits to the emergency room, 40 million of which are injury-related.

Don’t Avoid Your Hospital ER During the Pandemic

Many medical emergencies do not resolve on their own, and oftentimes waiting can make the situation worse. Unfortunately, since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many Emergency Room (ER) doctors and personnel have cared for patients whose conditions had escalated to more critical levels that could have been avoided if they had come to the ER sooner. Getting expert care quickly can be critical for those experiencing a heart attack or stroke, where every second counts, but this is also true for other conditions, including acute appendicitis and infections. 

Freestanding ER versus Hospital ER – What’s the Difference?

When you have a sudden chest pain, a serious illness or injury, or any type of medical emergency, you have two options for emergency treatment--a hospital emergency room (ER) or a freestanding emergency room (FSER). Though there are differences between the two, Orlando Health ERs and FSERs offer the same level of emergency care.

Hospital Ratings: Behind the Numbers

With their wealth of statistics and unfamiliar terms, hospital ratings can be a complicated web for healthcare consumers to untangle. So, when it’s time to decide where you want to have a non-emergency surgery or treatment performed, you might be inclined to simply go wherever your doctor recommends. However, depending on your health insurance, you may have multiple hospitals to choose from.

An Emergency Readiness Guide for People with Disabilities

About 20 percent of Americans — or nearly 57 million people — have some form of disability, according to a U.S. Census report.

Urgent or Emergency? When You Should Head to the ER

The emergency room is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week ­­— even if no one ever wants to go there. But if the time does come when you need emergency help, how do you know what is really an emergency and what can be resolved with a simple trip to an urgent care clinic?

Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes in Emergency Situations

Hurricanes, swimming pools and extreme heat are part of daily life, especially in warmer climates. They’re also responsible for many ER visits every year, all of which can be prevented with a little planning and extra attention paid to safety.