Normally used in dentist's offices and hospitals, nitrous oxide—yes, laughing gas—is starting to turn up again in ambulances in some rural areas where medical workers with clearance to provide more traditional painkillers ...
Aug 31, 2017
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A new set of performance targets for the ambulance service announced by NHS England today (Thursday 13 July 2017) could allow the ambulance service to use their resources much more efficiently, according to new research from ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Four women in pink remain on standby 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to come to the aid of their "sisters" in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.
Jul 13, 2017
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Hospitals that spend more on initial care following patient emergencies have better outcomes than hospitals that spend less at first and rely more on additional forms of long-term care, according to a new study co-authored ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Academics and industry partners in Birmingham are developing a new device that will ensure newborn babies could survive in the event of a crash in an ambulance at up to 40 miles per hour.
May 26, 2017
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Services are vulnerable to disruptions from both hot and cold weather, with the speed of ambulance response beginning to suffer when the mean daily air temperature drops below 2°C or rises above 20°C. This is thanks, largely, ...
Apr 25, 2017
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Guidelines to help paramedics make the right decision for older people who have fallen are safe, cost-effective and help reduce further 999 calls, according to new research led by a team at Swansea University Medical School.
Mar 22, 2017
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Would you ride in a driverless ambulance? In three separate studies, about half of 1,028 U.S. adults were significantly less willing to be lifted into an automated ambulance, compared with a conventional one, researchers ...
Mar 6, 2017
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Recently published research investigating the reasons behind a rise in ambulance call-outs in the South West is already being used by a local ambulance service trust to work with commissioners to introduce positive changes ...
Aug 3, 2016
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Over 400 potentially avoidable 999 calls related to a diabetes complication are made every month across the East Midlands, according to figures.
Mar 31, 2016
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