Medical tattoos offer important health information
(AP) -- Tattoos have long served as fashion statements, but a small number of Americans are now relying on them for a more practical, potentially lifesaving purpose: to warn first responders about important ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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Study finds improved CPR quality saves lives
(Medical Xpress)—Life-saving CPR has been a foundation of emergency medicine for more than a half century. But researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix are continuing to refine the procedure, ...
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May 20, 2013 |
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Taiwan prosecutor: Cancer patient set deadly fire
(AP)—A nursing home resident upset about being ill with cancer confessed to setting a fire that killed 12 fellow patients, most of them bedridden and too frail to escape, authorities in Taiwan said.
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Oct 24, 2012 |
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Being young improves survival odds in cold water
(AP) -- The 12-year-old boy who was rescued after spending 15 minutes or more in the cold Pacific likely survived because of his age, among other factors, experts say.
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Aug 11, 2011 |
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Shorter pause in CPR before defibrillator use improves cardiac arrest survival
A shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivered an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart significantly increased survival, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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