http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Patient behaviour is one of the biggest causes of delay in getting to hospital when suffering a heart attack according to the findings of a new HRB-funded study at Trinity College Dublin. The delay is a result of people not associating their symptoms with a heart attack, contacting their GP first, taking medication and being slow to use emergency services. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-irish-people-hospital-heart-symptoms.html Cardiology Wed, 01 May 2013 06:50:01 EST news286608893 Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home, and unless the public are trained in resuscitation many people die before emergency services get to them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stayin-alivedelivering-resuscitation-messages.html Other Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:16:01 EST news283140845 (Medical Xpress)—Many people do not recognise the signs of stroke and delay calling emergency services, limiting their chances of getting effective early treatment, a new study has revealed. Even those who think they are having a stroke often do not act fast enough. Every year an estimated 150,000 people in the UK suffer a stroke, about one every 5 minutes. Recent research has found that if people with stroke are treated with clot busting drugs within the first few hours, they are much more likely to make a complete recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-patients-emergency-treatment-quickly.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:32:34 EST news273825146 The Obama administration is strengthening the prescription drug coverage that will be available to the millions of people who will start getting insurance through the nation's health care overhaul. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hhs-overhaul-required-benefits.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:56:37 EST news272649386 Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have developed an advanced computer simulator to manage hospital emergencies. The model has been created with data from the Emergency Services of the Hospital of Sabadell and can be adapted to any hospital center. The system offers optimal solutions for several possible scenarios in aspects such as human resources, costs, time, space, equipment available and distribution of patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-advanced-simulator-hospital-emergencies.html Other Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:08:13 EST news269093281 Vienna will introduce 60 public defibrillators around the city over the coming months, in a bid to save lives by promoting quicker first aid in the event of a heart attack, authorities said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-vienna-defibrillators-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:18:12 EST news267985080 (AP)—After a motorbike accident, Bharat Singh rushed to get his brother the emergency care he needed. It would end up taking five hours—three of them spent in a van posing as an ambulance, with an empty oxygen tank and no medic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-india-emergency-tatters.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:45:58 EST news266035549 Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-er-overcrowding-minorities-california.html Health Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:00:09 EST news263487362 When an elderly person suffers a fall it is in their best interests that help arrives as soon as possible, and for this reason most elderly people wear some form of alarm system that lets them contact emergency services directly when the worst happens. Therefore, with an ever ageing population, taking care of the elderly is a huge societal challenge and a priority for the EU, particularly considering injuries suffered by the elderly put a huge burden on heathcare services. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-social-media-fall-prone-elderly.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:59:28 EST news261633557 Tens of thousands of Canadians seek emergency services and are referred for angiograms each year to investigate sources of chest pain. For approximately half a million Canadians, chronic chest pain – or, specifically, refractory angina – is a devastating disease. Refractory angina is not only painful but is also frightening and debilitating. There have been no specific Canadian guidelines for treating this population until now. Thanks to the joint research at U of T and McMaster, new guidelines will help provide feasible options for cardiac pain management for patients suffering from refractory angina. Writer Anjum Nayyar spoke with researcher and professor of nursing Michael McGillion about the new guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-chest-pain-conventional-treatments-dont.html Cardiology Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:25:57 EST news254039132 Cholera has killed at least four people in an outbreak in the past three weeks in western Burundi, where more than 400 people are infected, a health ministry official said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-cholera-infects-burundi.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:05:06 EST news233226293 Junior doctors have no idea what they should be doing when a major incident, such as a terrorist attack or transport disaster, occurs, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-junior-doctors-clueless-major-incidents.html Health Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:37:34 EST news228627441