Why don't we prevent more sudden deaths in athletes? The tragic stories, it seems, keep on coming. A 38-year-old pediatrician and mother collapsed and died while running on a treadmill in Maryland. A 17-year-old Boston boy died suddenly during a pickup basketball game.
CDC data indicate ED usage, wait times have increased. NBC Nightly News (8/6, story 7, 2:05, Robach) reported that "[n]ew federal research...about the state of this country's hospital" emergency departments (EDs) is "bleak," and "says a lot about bigger problems with our healthcare system."
This is a crisis' Patients walking away from emergency rooms in frustration after failing to obtain timely treatment. Jodie Sinnema, The Edmonton Journal
Published: Friday, January 26 2007
