News tagged with emergency services
Systematic pain management needed for children in ER
(HealthDay)—Steps to manage pain and stress in pediatric emergency medical care are recommended, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published online Oct. 29 in ...
Pediatrics
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Pediatricians key in rural emergency medical services
(HealthDay)—In rural areas, pediatricians can play a key role in the development, implementation, and ongoing supervision of emergency medical services for children (EMSC), according to a policy statement ...
Health
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Researchers develop an advanced computer simulator to manage hospital emergencies
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 ...
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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Vienna to use public defibrillators to fight heart attacks
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.
Cardiology
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Vets' readjustment issues may spur PTSD treatment
(HealthDay)—The stress of readjusting to civilian life is a major reason some U.S. soldiers seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study finds.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2012 |
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India's emergency care system in tatters
(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 ...
Health
Sep 05, 2012 |
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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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Aug 06, 2012 |
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Dying of cold: Hypothermia in trauma victims
Hypothermia in trauma victims is a serious complication and is associated with an increased risk of dying. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care has found that the key risk factor was se ...
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Jul 30, 2012 |
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Post-cardiac arrest care system improved survivors' neurologic status
Fewer sudden cardiac arrest survivors had neurologic impairment after a novel regional system of care was implemented, according to research published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.
Cardiology
Jul 30, 2012 |
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ECGs administered by paramedics can speed treatment for severe heart attacks
A new program that trains emergency medical service technicians (EMS) to read electrocardiograms so that they can evaluate patients with chest pain, and expedite treatment for the severe heart condition known as ST-segment ...
Cardiology
Jul 20, 2012 |
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Social media gives helping hand to fall-prone elderly
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 ...
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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Despite benefit, hospitals not always alerted of incoming stroke patients
Treatment is delivered faster when emergency medical services (EMS) personnel notify hospitals a possible stroke patient is en route, yet pre-notification doesn't occur nearly one-third of the time. That's according to two ...
Cardiology
Jul 10, 2012 |
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Unique program bringing electronic medical record data to ambulances lauded
The nation's first and only program linking paramedics in the field to patients' pre-existing health information -- enabling emergency workers to make more informed treatment decisions and to transport patients to the most ...
Health
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Statewide coordinated STEMI approach deemed successful
(HealthDay) -- A statewide coordinated effort across hospitals and emergency medical service (EMS) providers to transport patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to hospitals providing ...
Cardiology
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Heart attack patients taken to PCI hospitals first treated faster
Heart attack patients in North Carolina who were rushed directly to hospitals equipped to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) received treatment significantly faster than patients first taken to hospitals unequipped ...
Cardiology
May 10, 2012 |
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