News tagged with emergency medicine

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New tool measures emergency department interventions to reduce patient drinking

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed and validated a new tool, the first of its kind, to measure how well emergency department physicians administer a brief intervention ...

Addiction created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many emergency programs get failing grade when it comes to stroke training

Medical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training, says a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress, noting that, as the first point of contact in stroke care, they ...

Cardiology created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Doctors failing to follow up test results

(Medical Xpress)—A systematic review by UNSW Medicine researchers has found up to 62 per cent of laboratory tests and up to 36 per cent of radiology reports were not being followed up by doctors, for patients ...

Health created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tasered youth fare as well as adults, new research says

Adolescents who are tasered by law enforcement officers do not appear to be at higher risk for serious injury than adults, according to new a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers.

Pediatrics created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New approach needed to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases

(Medical Xpress)—A more coordinated approach to surveillance is required if emerging diseases which can spread from animals to humans are to be tackled, say scientists.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents prefer some, often less-effective, birth control methods for teens

Parents of teen girls are more ready to accept their daughters being offered birth control pills and condoms during doctor visits than other, more effective and long-acting contraceptive methods, according ...

Health created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emergency medicine: heart-lung machine brings clinically dead patients back to life

Young people especially who suffer acute heart failure can be saved with the prompt use of a heart-lung machine. And the number of patients that can be saved could be even higher, according to a current study ...

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First aid training for primary students has long-term benefits

"When children are given professional first aid training at primary school, the benefits can be felt long term. That's why training in the early years is so incredibly important," says Fritz Sterz from the ...

Other created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How dog-savvy is your child?

(HealthDay)—Dog bites are one of the risks faced by children playing outdoors, but some simple safety measures can help protect them.

Health created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Adverse effects of mining industry provoke hard questions for medical humanitarian organizations

Increasingly humanitarian organizations will find themselves responding to health emergencies provoked by the adverse effects of mining and other extractive industries, setting up a potential clash to do with the core principles ...

Health created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey finds symptoms of burnout common among US physicians

A national survey of 7,288 physicians (26.7 percent participation rate) finds that 45.8 percent of physicians reported at least one symptom of burnout, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Me ...

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Mepolizumab almost halves exacerbations in patients with severe asthma

The largest study of patients with severe asthma to date, published in the Lancet special issue on respiratory medicine, shows that those treated with the monoclonal antibody mepolizumab experienced an almost 50 percent reduct ...

Immunology created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Strategy appears to help rule-in, rule-out heart attack within one hour

A strategy using an algorithm that incorporates high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values appears to be associated with ruling-out or ruling-in myocardial infarction (heart attack) within one hour in 77 percent ...

Cardiology created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Substantial variation' in stocks of essential antidotes at UK hospitals

There is "substantial variation" in the stocks of essential antidotes used to treat various types of life threatening poisoning incidents in UK acute hospitals, finds research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

Other created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ER overcrowding hurts minorities in California

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.

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