Cub Scouts are gearing up for summer and that means learning more about first aid and germ spread prevention. One of our own local groups, Cub Scouts Pack 135, came to our facility to earn their first responder belt loop and get a behind-the-scenes look at an emergency center. Keep
Did you know that the average American child consumes more than nine times the recommended amount of added sugar? The team at Victoria ER doesn’t just treat emergencies, we want to help prevent them, too. Education and community outreach is a key component in this mission, which made the Nazareth
Emergency care isn’t just dispensed at our facilities, sometimes it starts in the ambulance, on the way to our emergency center. And while nurses and physicians are the main providers of medical care in the emergency room, there’s a completely separate team of men and women who treat patients in
In 1962, President Kennedy declared May 5th as National Police Memorial Day and the following week, May 14th through the 20th, as a time to honor our police forces. Our team joined in with the rest of the nation, visiting and dropping off gift baskets for our local brave men
When thinking of your medical care, a doctor will most likely come to mind, but did you know that nurses are the primary providers of patient care? In fact, nurses also deliver most of our long-term care. In many ways, nurses are more than medical professionals, they’re also caretakers and support systems.
Over the past decade, alcohol-related emergency room visits have increased by 38% for both men and women. This means despite the increased education surrounding safe alcohol consumption, many people aren’t drinking conscientiously. During this National Alcohol Awareness Month, we’re going to discuss how to drink safely and in moderation. Check
There are over 45,000 emergency physicians in the U.S., and at Victoria ER, we have the some of the best of these doctors practicing at our facility. Since it’s National Doctor’s Day, we’re going to hear from of our physicians, Dr. Joseph Hathorn, on why he become a physician and
Every year, 12.7 million people will discover they have cancer. Of those people, over 7 million will succumb to this disease. But research suggests that nearly 40 percent of these deaths can be prevented with awareness and early detection. While deaths from cancer have gone down in the past decade,
Nearly 290,000 women will die from heart disease this year, making it the number one cause of death for females, even above cancer. At Victoria ER, we wanted to do something about those numbers for our community. On February 9, our facility sponsored the Go Red for Women Event at the
Every year, 140,000 men and women are told they have colorectal cancer and a further 40,000 of those people die from it. These numbers make colorectal cancer one of the deadliest cancers. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month so we want the members of our community to not only be
