Author: Dr. Gregory McClain According to the AHA, there are over 6100 hospitals in the United States – of which approximately 1840 are designated as rural / critical access hospitals (CAH) that offer essential access to emergency services, inpatient, and outpatient...

Author: Dr. Gregory McClain The Case I was in the rural surgery clinic seeing patients when the ED physician called the general surgery phone frantic that a 6-month-old child is choking in the ED.  The mother can be heard screaming in the background “please don’t let...