The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released some national numbers on cold weather deaths and injuries for 2006, the latest year it can count.
On record:according to AHRQ News and Numbers:
– 6,182 hospitalizations.
– 827 deaths in 2006.
– Men accounted for…
Loading ...With the cold snap comes the horror stories of seniors being found frozen in their homes, or burned to death when they try to heat their homes with light bulbs and open fires.
It’s time to watch for hypothermia, the lowering of…
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Bundle up, people! A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the number of cases of hypothermia and other cold-related diseases is higher than estimated, and treatment of it at emergency rooms is costly because it’s resource-intensive. …
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