When it comes to taking risks with your health or safety (or that of your loved ones), don't let a low likelihood of a bad outcome cloud your judgment. That said, “we all have to leave the house," ...

Emergency medicine physicians have seen it all. From minor injuries that make a great dinner party story to serious trauma, they know a thing or two about accidents. While many people end up at the ...

We've all been there: grabbing a hot pan without oven mitts, accidentally slicing your hand while cutting an avocado, or hurting yourself during home-reno-gone-wrong. Accidents are part of life, and ...

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There ...

We know what to do in case of an emergency: Call 911. It's drilled into our heads from an early age. However, emergency room doctors stress that prevention is the best solution for situations they ...

E.R. doctors want you to know that they are people, too. At an event called Airway, one confessed, “I do not like these big, high stakes, bloody, messy, risky procedures.” By Lisa Miller Miller has ...

Emergency physicians spend their days treating the fallout from risks people didn’t think would catch up to them. ER doctors see patterns, often involving people who never thought they’d end up in the ...