http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New, low-tech teaching techniques used by novice instructors may improve training for healthcare providers in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on children who suffer cardiac arrest. Researchers in a large multicenter study say their findings hold the potential to standardize and upgrade life support training by hundreds of thousands of instructors around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scripts-novice-instructors-pediatric-cpr.html Pediatrics Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:31:27 EST news286025365 Dabigatran is one of the new oral anticoagulants which are increasingly used to prevent thrombosis. In case of an emergency (e.g. bleeding or urgent surgery), there are - despite the lack of a specific antidote - effective ways to quickly lower plasma dabigatran concentrations, as now demonstrated by a study published in this month's issue of Thrombosis and Haemostasis by Prof. Harm Peters, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-haemodialysis-dabigatran-implications-urgent-surgery.html Cardiology Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:26:14 EST news284624713 Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor easy to use, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-fulfill-technology.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:12 EST news276771601 Emergency aid has failed to address the needs of older people in emergency situations and so donors and humanitarian agencies must urgently ensure that this vulnerable group is included in any emergency response, according to experts from the humanitarian organizations Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) and HelpAge International writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-humanitarian-older-people-emergencies.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:01:41 EST news275072492 Outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu (H1N1) threaten global health and should be considered by funding agencies and humanitarian organizations as development issues rather than emergency situations, requiring long-term support and investment, according to US experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-long-term-health-tackle-infectious-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:02 EST news274465324 Forty percent of people who received health care outside of their insurance network did so out of necessity, finds a new study in Health Services Research. About half of those patients did not know how much they would have to pay for their out-of-network care. Out-of- network care can occur during an emergency medical situation or when the network status of a physician or hospital is unknown or if an in-network doctor is unavailable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-people-out-of-network-patient.html Health Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:10:02 EST news270464431 Smoke poisoning can be caused by a number of things, including cyanides, the salts of hydrocyanic acid. Because the quick diagnosis and treatment of victims with cyanide poisoning is critical and often lifesaving, it is very surprising that a cyanide test for emergency situations is not yet available. Now, chemists at the University of Zurich have developed a simple and reliable procedure to detect blood cyanide in less than two minutes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-rapid-response-cases-poisoning.html Other Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:47:52 EST news265985255 For many, it's a medical conundrum: The very pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from undergoing an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-device-pacemaker-patients-safely-mris.html Cardiology Fri, 25 May 2012 12:50:01 EST news257159891 Higher-spending hospitals do have better outcomes for their emergency patients, including fewer deaths, according to a Vanderbilt study released as a working paper through the National Bureau of Economic Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-higher-spending-hospitals-deaths-emergency-patients.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:17:27 EST news252670641 A new set of evidence-based guidelines that comprehensively address how basic first responders should be trained to manage emergency situations in an African context has been released, published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The guidelines, which were developed by a panel of African-based experts and in conjunction with African Red Cross Societies, focus on first aid interventions requiring minimal or no equipment. They can be used by individuals and organisations involved in first aid training programmes in Africa, and an implementation guide is also available to help tailor the training materials to the local context and target group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-world-home-grown-african-first-aid.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:46:45 EST news230316392 (PhysOrg.com) -- The scenario has been repeated countless times. A domestic or international disaster afflicts a significant amount of people. As images of the damage reach a broader audience, charitable giving increases. Many people donate money or time to help those affected regain their lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-spirit-desire-disaster-relief-driven.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:28:20 EST news226135621