Cardiology
Fire fighters save one of their own after heart attack
Firefighter Tony Spagnoletti was on overnight duty when he woke up with chest pains. He sloughed it off as "gas."
Apr 17, 2018
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News tagged with emergency medical technician
Cardiology
Cardiac arrest survivors have trouble returning to work, social life
Tom Parker was 32 when his heart suddenly stopped. At home in Washington, D.C., his wife quickly started CPR with guidance from a 911 dispatcher. An emergency medical technician arrived on the scene minutes later. Using a ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Health
How to train nursing students? Schools turn to fake patients
The University of Miami's newest hospital has a six-bed emergency room, operating room, intensive care unit, a birthing suite and outpatient clinics.
Oct 6, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New toolkit designed to help those who help trauma victims
Firefighters, emergency responders, and other victim service professionals dedicate their lives to caring for others. But in order to do that effectively, they must also care for themselves.
Jul 13, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The health benefits of texting
Communication between physicians and other health care providers and their patients may be taking on an entirely new dimension through text messaging, according to David Finitsis, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology ...
Mar 13, 2014
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Other
Students focus on creating a better cervical collar
Undergraduate students at Rice University have come up with what they hope will prove to be a better and safer version of cervical collars to stabilize the heads and necks of accident victims. Cervical collars have been in ...
Apr 9, 2012
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