Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes 9/11 First Responders Have Higher Odds for Alzheimer's: Study Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home? What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19? Damar Hamlin Moved to Buffalo Hospital As He Recovers From Cardiac Arrest Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms COVID Got You Scared of Performing CPR? Study Finds Infection Risk Is Low Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready? Amid Pandemic, Protest Peacefully While Staying Healthy Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives? Case Study Examines What's Behind Severe Kids' Illness After COVID-19 Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising Anchor It! Toppling TVs, Furniture Can Injure and Kill Kids Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving Could You Save a Life After Mass Violence? Most Americans Say No Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access Check Smoke, Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries as Clocks Go Back on Sunday Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin Hospitalized: What Experts Know About Cardiac Arrest How to Spot -- Or Prevent -- Dangerous Aortic Dissection Homeless More Likely to Die After Heart Attack COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans Heat Waves, No A/C: A Deadly Combo at Texas Prisons Illinois Study Shows Big Jump in Suicide-Linked ER Visits by Teens Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar Firefighters, Police Can Be Lifesavers If You're Hit by Cardiac Arrest 'Holiday Heart':  Heart Attacks Spike in Last 2 Weeks of December Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years Cats Injured in Wildfires at High Risk for Blood Clots Child ER Visits for Swallowed Button Batteries Doubled in a Decade ERs Seeing Huge Rise in Cases of Sexual Assault Cold War Antiseptic May Be Valuable Germ Fighter COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots; Blood Thinners Could Boost Survival Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter? Dogs <i>Do</i> Want to Rescue Trapped Owners, Experiments Show America's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launches Saturday Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes 329 Americans Are Injured by Guns Every Day: Study Each Year, People Start Fires That Cost 20,000 American Lives AHA News: Want to Help Overstressed ERs? Be Safe at Home As Heat Waves Continue, Experts Urge Steps to Stay Safe Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm 988 Mental Health Hotline Back in Business After Daylong Outage Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care Black, Hispanic Americans Less Likely to Get Bystander CPR Blood Test Could Spot Those at Highest Risk for Severe COVID-19 He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked Illness Heart Patients Avoiding Care During Pandemic: Survey Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters? Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey Hit Your Head? Look for These Warning Signs of Concussion What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites Carbon Monoxide Deaths Soar During Power Outages Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards Amid Pandemic, Too Many Americans Are Hesitating to Call 911 Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity Does Your Child Have a Cold or Severe RSV? Signs to Look For Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First COVID-19 Fears Stop Americans From Seeking Help for Heart Emergencies Could Drones Delivering Defibrillators Save Lives? ER Docs to Parents: Please Don't Dilute Infant Formula Could You Spot and Save a Person Drowning? Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger Keeping T-Day Kitchens Safe for the Whole Family Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update More U.S. Kids Are Heading to ERs After Drinking Cough Suppressant Clear Danger: Glass-Topped Tables Injure Thousands Each Year