Cardiology
Paramedics to be recruited in new 'fast response' stroke trial
Paramedics from seven ambulance services across the UK are to be recruited to help trial a new 'rapid response' treatment for stroke patients.
May 26, 2015
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Health
Study examines increase in calls to emergency services
As calls to emergency services increase, there is an urgent need for a reliable and consistent method of measuring whether or not these calls are appropriate. These are the findings from a University of Bristol study, published ...
May 25, 2015
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Health
NHS 111 increases ambulance and urgent and emergency care use
The call handling service NHS 111 increased the use of ambulance and urgent and emergency care services during its first year of operation, shows a detailed evaluation, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Nov 13, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does the ambulance service need more training in mental health issues?
Ruth Elliot, Senior Lecturer in the department of Mental Health and Learning Disability at the University of Huddersfield, has published an article discussing the need for a national 'Mental Health Pathway' to enable paramedics ...
Aug 1, 2013
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Cardiology
Study finds Irish people slow to go to hospital with heart attack symptoms
(Medical Xpress)—Patient behaviour is one of the biggest causes of delay in getting to hospital when suffering a heart attack according to the findings of a new HRB-funded study at Trinity College Dublin. The delay is ...
May 1, 2013
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Medications
Australian pain-killer switch affects hundreds
Hundreds of Australians were given water instead of pain-killing medication after thieves siphoned off the drugs from ambulance supplies and refilled the empty vials from the tap, officials said Tuesday.
Oct 16, 2012
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Health
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 oxygen tank and ...
Sep 5, 2012
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Health
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.
Aug 6, 2012
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Health
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 ...
Jul 30, 2012
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Addiction
True cost of alcohol related ambulance call-outs revealed
New research has revealed the true cost of ambulance call-outs to deal with drink fuelled incidents. The study, by Newcastle University experts, working with the North East Ambulance service (NEAS) and the North East Alcohol ...
Jul 24, 2012
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