A new study published recently in Pediatrics highlights that more children and teenagers are suffering traumatic brain injuries while playing basketball. Taking a ten year range from 1997 to 2007, researchers looked at visits to emergency rooms like the one where Dr. Josyann Abisaab works. They found that, for people…
Category: Emergency Room
Asthma, according to The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, affects nearly 34 million Americans. Each year, over 200,000 emergency room visits are due to allergy attacks, as are 300 deaths. Serious asthma attacks may warrant a visit to the emergency room where doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab will…
This article details an important upcoming conference on CPR and and AHA guidelines, as well as a discussion on the importance of knowing CPR.
Summer is a time when children have more time off and more time to explore and to enjoy. At the same time, emergency room doctors like Josyann Abisaab see a great deal of avoidable injuries in the summer. Keep these tips in mind as you enjoy your summer with your…
This article talks about the recent award that was presented to Dr. Josyann Abisaab.
Chest Pains: A Leading Cause of Er Visits
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…
When someone has been in the emergency room for care, they often don’t bother to follow through afterwards. They might be happy to be feeling better the next day, or they are exhausted from their ordeal and don’t have the energy to follow through. The follow through, however, is as…