Certainly, emergency room doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab see children who have swallowed serious choking hazards. As a parent, it is very important to child-proof the house and to check each room for choking dangers. Make sure, when you purchase toys, that you only purchase items that are age-appropriate. Obviously,…
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One of the main reasons that children end up in the E.R. is because of falls. The more precautions you take in the home, the less likely it will be that you’ll experience a dangerous fall. For very small children, this means never leaving a child unattended on the bed,…
Children’s Health Care: Is it an Emergency? Certainly, there are times when a child gets hurt badly enough that you know they need to go to the emergency rooms. There are other situations, however, that aren’t as clear cut. During these times, you have five main options. You can handle…
Chest Pains: A Leading Cause of Er Visits
Dr. Josyann Abisaab was awarded a citation along with warm congratulations for 20 years of dedicated service in the field of medicine. The Dean of The Weill Cornell Medical College, Dean Gotto, is seen here at the awards ceremony which took place in November 2009, with Dr. Abisaab.
The more prepared you are before you have to visit the hospital, the more smoothly the experience should go when you actually have an emergency. If you are elderly and living alone, there are a number of precautions that you should take before an emergency room visit is necessary. Make…
This week, more than 900 of New York’s most prominent people showed up at the Lycee Francais de New York 11th annual gala. Held at the Park Avenue Armory and entitled, “Embracing Tomorrow,” this black-tie dinner raised over $1.5 million for the private school. France’s Minister of Finance, Christine Lagarde…
In an interesting study in 2008, Dr. Manya Newton, an emergency room physician at the University of Michigan, and others, authored a paper explaining some of the reasons that emergency rooms are so overcrowded. While many of us make the assumption that the uninsured are coming to the emergency room…