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PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Wednesday 16 October 2024 Seizures caused by children swallowing medications or illegal substances doubled over 15-year period Copenhagen, Denmark: New data shows that the number of children suffering a seizure after swallowing medications or illegal substances has doubled between 2009 and 2023…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Wednesday 16 October 2024 Increase in air pollution corresponds with more patients at the hospital emergency department Copenhagen, Denmark: Increases in levels of particulate matter in the air, even within World Health Organization guidelines, correspond with an increase in the number of…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Tuesday 15 October 2024 Half of all patients with sepsis die within two years Copenhagen, Denmark: Half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency medical department died within two years, according to Danish researchers investigating factors that could predict outcomes…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Tuesday 15 October 2024 Research explains why some cyclists don’t wear helmets and what might convince them to wear one Copenhagen, Denmark: Wearing a helmet can prevent brain injury and deaths in cyclists, yet many do not wear a helmet. New research…

  Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Monday 14 October 2024 Three key signs of major trauma could speed up treatment of severely injured children brought to emergency departments by carers not ambulances Copenhagen, Denmark: Severely injured children who are brought to an emergency medical department by their parents or carers…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 16:30 hrs CEST on Sunday 13 October 2024 Climate change is a health emergency too International experts warn of impact on emergency medical services worldwide Copenhagen, Denmark: International experts in emergency medicine have warned that climate change is likely to have a severe impact on emergency…