Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than half of the cases, the drones ...
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A special brain-wave cap can diagnose stroke in the ambulance, allowing the patient to receive appropriate treatment faster. Jonathan Coutinho, neurologist at Amsterdam UMC, is one of the inventors the swimming cap and says, ...
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A new study from Australia, New Zealand and Germany published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises important questions about the success or otherwise of emergency medicine.
Jun 14, 2023
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Surgeons must provide leadership in transforming health care across the Global South—by integrating surgery into the global health agenda and advocating for simple and cost-effective surgical procedures that support overall ...
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Researchers have identified Australian regions with high rates of cardiac arrest and low rates of CPR, prompting calls for targeted education campaigns to improve awareness about avoiding and treating heart issues.
Apr 24, 2024
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Live video streaming, used via 999 callers' smartphones, could aid emergency medical services' decision-making about how many and what type of emergency medical personnel and vehicles to send to major trauma incidents.
Feb 27, 2024
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Assessing how seriously injured a person is, involves weighing up lots of different parameters fast. If health care professionals could get support making fast-paced, life-critical decisions from an AI tool, more lives could ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Rural medics who rescued rancher Jim Lutter after he was gored by a bison didn't have much experience handling such severe wounds.
Dec 11, 2023
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In the U.S., someone has a stroke every 40 seconds and dies from it every three minutes and 14 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When it comes to stroke, experts echo the fact that time ...
Nov 2, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but its scars remain for those on the frontline of the health sector—not least in the ambulance services. And our research conducted separately in the UK and Australia shows things are ...
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