Despite significant improvements in the availability of 24/7 emergency air ambulance services (HEMS) across the UK since 2009, persistent regional gaps remain, finds research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. ...
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Strapped to a stretcher in the back of an ambulance, the shooting victim moaned, then screamed. Blood splattered across the person's cheeks and neck, seeped through the gauze looped around a leg and dripped onto the floor.
Jan 5, 2026
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Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two years.
Dec 9, 2025
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When hospitals were randomly assigned to treat patients undergoing higher-risk non-cardiac surgery with tranexamic acid (TXA) or a placebo, patients who received TXA needed significantly fewer blood transfusions and saw no ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Taking the sickle cell drug hydroxyurea during or shortly before pregnancy does not appear to cause specific issues in newborns, according to the first prospective study of pregnancies involving hydroxyurea exposure. The ...
Dec 6, 2025
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While artificial intelligence technology is increasingly being used—formally and informally—to support medical diagnoses, its utility in emergency medical settings remains an open question. Can AI support doctors in situations ...
Nov 20, 2025
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An earlier blood transfusion—done when hemoglobin levels were higher—after major general or vascular surgery among people with heart disease was associated with a lower risk of some complications but not the most severe ones, ...
Nov 10, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the safety of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions for 25 years, amid a push from conservative state attorneys general and anti-abortion groups.
Sep 29, 2025
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Postpartum hemorrhage, severe bleeding after childbirth, is a leading cause of maternal mortality around the world. But many of these deaths can be prevented—and a real-time blood-monitoring technology called viscoelastic ...
Sep 18, 2025
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A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that caffeine, the world's most consumed psychoactive substances, may impair the quality of donated blood and reduce the effectiveness of transfusions—especially ...
Sep 4, 2025
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