Medical/Clinical News and Announcements

Medical/Clinical News and Announcements

• Psychiatric Patients, Including Children, Routinely Boarded In Emergency Departments
• CDC Provides Annual Report on US Health Trends
• Study Launched to Uncover the Mysteries of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• WHO Confirms Cases of Bird Blu Human-to-Human Transmission in Pakistan
• Important Advisory Statement on Hands-Only CPR
• New Guidelines for State Pandemic Planning
• First Responders Congress Commences on March 15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Baptist Heart Institute Investigates Early Heart Attack Detection Device
• New Medicare Patient Signature Rule Effective 1/1/2008
• FDA Issues Recall of Heparin and Saline Flush Syringes
• AM2 PAT, Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Pre-Filled Heparin Lock Flush Solution
• FDA Clears First Quick Test For Drug-Resistant Staph Infections
• Congress Passes National CPR/AED Awareness Week
• Merck Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of PEDVAXHIB® and COMVAX®
• TFAH Releases Annual Public Health Preparedness Report
• Minnesota Hires State EMS Medical Director
• Top Research Advances Include Studies on Genetics and Stem Cell Research, Stents
• Penetrating Head Injury in Planned and Repetitive Deliberate Self-harm
• New Guidelines Address Care, Treatment for Heart Attacks
• Congress Clears the Way for National CPR and AED Awareness Week
• The Effect of Heliox in Acute Severe Asthma
• Implementation of a Statewide System for Coronary Reperfusion for ST-Segment
• Nurses and paramedics in partnership: Perceptions of a new response to low-priority ambulance calls
• Highway Safety Administration Releases Pandemic Influenza Guidelines
• CDC Releases National Asthma Surveillance for Past 20 Years
• American Heart Associaton Releases Definition of Myocardial Infarction
• FDA Warning: Haloperidol Joins Droperidol
• Medusa and EHS Introduce Electronic Patient Care Reporting to Nova Scotia Ambulances
• SSM St. Joseph Health Center Named National Leader in Heart Attack Care
• EPA Releases New U.S. Resource: Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
• WakeMed Code STEMI Reduces Heart Attack Patients' Time to Treatment by 46 Minutes