/tags/emergency-medicine Emergency Medicine en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-10/south-st-louis-hospitals-closure-leaves-social-economic-void-in-dutchtown Owners of South City Hospital in Dutchtown, previously known as St. Alexius, announced last week they were closing the 178-bed location. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-10/south-st-louis-hospitals-closure-leaves-social-economic-void-in-dutchtown Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2023-08-01/ssm-health-cut-of-trauma-services-at-depaul-hospital-could-harm-patients-advocates-say SSM Health is shutting down its trauma center at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, the last state-designated trauma center in north St. Louis County. SSM Health officials say it's because so few patients who come to the hospital ER need trauma services, but advocates and EMS workers say the decision could put patients with life-threatening injuries at risk. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:36:08 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-01/ssm-health-cut-of-trauma-services-at-depaul-hospital-could-harm-patients-advocates-say Sarah Fentem, Andrea Y. Henderson /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-31/in-st-louis-ers-gunshot-wounds-are-a-daily-occurrence-and-a-public-health-emergency St. Louis physician Kristen Mueller reflects on the toll of the gun violence she witnesses in the emergency room. Tue, 31 May 2022 21:16:41 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-31/in-st-louis-ers-gunshot-wounds-are-a-daily-occurrence-and-a-public-health-emergency Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-11-09/st-louis-health-care-workers-feel-strain-as-coronavirus-cases-spike Members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said that as hospitals in the St. Louis region near their capacity to treat coronavirus patients, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff are overworked and afraid. Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:30:14 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-11-09/st-louis-health-care-workers-feel-strain-as-coronavirus-cases-spike Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2020-04-30/fear-of-covid-19-is-keeping-patients-from-seeking-lifesaving-emergency-treatment People in the St. Louis region are dying from preventable causes such as strokes or heart attacks because they’re afraid of contracting COVID-19 in… Thu, 30 Apr 2020 22:02:12 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-04-30/fear-of-covid-19-is-keeping-patients-from-seeking-lifesaving-emergency-treatment Sarah Fentem /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-28/as-st-louis-covid-19-cases-hit-likely-peak-hospitals-avoid-rationing-care In mid-April, the incident commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, Dr. Alex Garza, predicted that hospitalizations of COVID-19 cases… Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:45:21 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-28/as-st-louis-covid-19-cases-hit-likely-peak-hospitals-avoid-rationing-care Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2020-04-16/as-coronavirus-spreads-doctors-fear-for-themselves-and-their-families As an emergency room physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Evan Schwarz is used to working under pressure. But when he and his team connect a COVID-19… Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:03:50 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-04-16/as-coronavirus-spreads-doctors-fear-for-themselves-and-their-families Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2020-02-24/more-kids-are-being-admitted-to-the-er-for-sex-abuse-say-slu-researchers Children who have suffered sexual abuse are now going to the ER at much higher rates compared to a decade ago, according to research from St. Louis… Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:32:08 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-02-24/more-kids-are-being-admitted-to-the-er-for-sex-abuse-say-slu-researchers Shahla Farzan /2019-12-05/trauma-surgeon-battles-bullets-in-the-operating-room-and-the-community Weary of losing neighbors and patients to gunfire, St. Louis trauma surgeon Laurie Punch has a message: Gun violence is contagious, but so is healing. Doctors who teach can be part of the solution. Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:00:02 GMT /2019-12-05/trauma-surgeon-battles-bullets-in-the-operating-room-and-the-community Laura Ungar /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-07-15/exposure-to-violent-crime-and-its-long-term-impact-on-first-responders Last week, St. Louis Fire Department Chief Dennis Jenkerson said that paramedics see the impact of so much violence that they're quitting faster than he… Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:26:08 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-07-15/exposure-to-violent-crime-and-its-long-term-impact-on-first-responders Emily Woodbury