Survivability News and Announcements

Survivability News and Announcements

• CDC Provides New Blast Injury Fact Sheets
• National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Releases 2008 Report
• New Mystery-Thriller Combines EMS, Near-Death Experience and Murder
• ASTHO Releases Pandemic Flu Planning Guidance for At-Risk Populations
• Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
• First Week in June Designated as National CPR and AED Week
• American Red Cross Steps Up Relief For Survivors Of Myanmar Cyclone
• Study Launched to Uncover the Mysteries of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• New 9-1-1 Study Identifies Top Priorities for First Responders
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Call to Action: Contact Congress on Medicare Ambulance Relief
• NASEMSO Will Develop Model State EMS Document for U.S.
• Red Cross Red Crescent Launches Urgent Appeal in Wake of Bangladesh Cyclone
• Final Version of Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act Announced
• CDC Releases National Asthma Surveillance for Past 20 Years
• American Heart Associaton Releases Definition of Myocardial Infarction
• FDA Warning: Haloperidol Joins Droperidol
• 8th annual World Heart Day to raise heart disease awareness Sunday, Sept. 30
• New CPR technique shows potential
• National Information Clearinghouse on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Established
• OSHA Encourages Defibrillator Use To Revive Workers With Cardiac Arrest