The term "Fog of EMS" refers to the initial confusion that we face both in the field and in the ER when we are confronted with a new patient. We gather clues and information from a ...
By Alicia Fabbre The Chicago TribunePLAINFIELD, Ill. — Plainfield residents may not have a hospital of their own yet, but for emergency care they can stay close to home now ...
"Didn't notice any crepitus or deformities, Doc, but it sure sounded broken when I auscultated it." The Emergency Department was a little busy that day, so I suppose it was no ...
By Andrea Backhaus The Associated PressBERLIN — A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 ...
By Margot Sanger-Katz The Concord MonitorCONCORD, N.H. — When patients are having a heart attack, the old thinking went, paramedics should get them to the nearest hospital as ...
Cardiac monitor, alert system comprised of internal implantable device the size of a standard pacemaker ...
By Martin E. Comas The Orlando Sentinel TAVARES, Fla. — Local paramedics have started giving heart-attack patients the big chill to thwart brain damage and save lives.In a ...
The Daily Mail ReporterPLYMOUTH, U.K. — A retired teacher died of a burst stomach ulcer after a paramedic told her to 'stop being such a drama queen' and failed to take her ...
By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer The Virginian-PilotVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The reeds grow thick under the Pungo Ferry Bridge, and the marsh ground underneath them is soft and soggy ...
By Laura Crimaldi The Boston HeraldBOSTON — Quick-thinking neighbors along with police and firefighters supplied enough muscle to lift an SUV and rescue a Framingham ...
I am dead. Nothing anyone could have done. That's what terminal means, right? It started as a 'spot' on the X-ray. That spot turned out to be an infant cancer with a voracious ...
By Michael Barrett The Gaston GazetteGASTON, N.C. — In cardiac emergencies, every second counts. And an influx of new equipment here should give medical responders a leg up ...
Emergency vehicles lack devices to detect deadliest type of heart attack early ...
By Sara Dixon The Express DERBYSHIRE, U.K. — A woman paramedic has been accused of refusing to help a dying mother — because she was afraid to go into a pub ...
By Lara Jakes The Canadian PressCAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is rethinking its "golden hour" goal for critically injured troops, questioning ...
By Hilary Kindschuh and Algis J. Laukaitis The Lincoln Journal StarLINCOLN, Neb. — Norris School District Superintendent Roy Baker and Assistant Superintendent John Skretta ...
Whenever someone is uncomfortable with EMTs actually thinking, they trot out the "we don't diagnose" canard. It may be the doctor who writes restrictive treatment protocols, or ...
By Adriana M. Chávez The El Paso TimesEL PASO, Texas — Defense attorneys for murder suspect Eddie Anthony Murillo suggested at his trial Friday that paramedics and ...
Under new system, patients will be routed directly to hospitals capable of treating specific injuries ...
By Edward D. Murphy The Portland Press HeraldOLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — Rarely does a campground get to boast that it's on the cutting edge, but Jason Ahearn, whose family ...
