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Practical takeaways from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting for initial treatment and safe transportation
How paramedics can take action to protect patients from falling through the cracks
Steve Whitehead shares tips to get your patient to change their way of thinking
When it comes to the frustrating health care merry-go-round of frequent 911 callers, it’s unfortunate that the county officials just don’t get it
He was weak and unable to move on his own; search teams spent three hours packing him nearly two miles to meet a waiting ambulance
Medics found him inside a Jeep with his lower body exposed; he broke free as they tried to move him, drove off dragging the gurney, and crashed into a truck
Heart attack patients bypass the ER and are sent directly to the catheterization lab, where an awaiting doctor is prepared to provide care
Exhaust from a parade of antique tractors put off a lot of the gas in the exhibit hall; some experienced nausea, drowsiness and headaches and one man was transported to the hospital
A restaurant worker mistook the highly toxic industrial cleaning solution meant for degreasing deep fryers as sugar, and accidentally mixed it into the iced-tea dispenser
Nursing organizations have been battling paramedics for decades, but the turf wars only trivialize shared healthcare goals
The legislation allows nurses who staff ambulances to operate at their highest level of certification, rather than the level that the ambulances they are riding in are certified for
Patients whose hearts stop will be given salt water instead of adrenalin in an “ethically questionable” study to see whether adrenalin works in resuscitation
Allegheny Valley Hospital established a team of doctors, nurses and paramedics to visit high-risk patients to help reduce readmission rates
A witness said a boy was using a metal ladder to climb out of the water when he was shocked
The vaccines now under development are not the same type of experimental drug that was given to a pair of American aid workers infected in Liberia and brought into the U.S.
His family sued the charity, similar to Make a Wish, after the terminally ill 14-year-old bit off his tongue, broke both legs, and later died in intensive care
Hospital staff told the contagious patient to stay in a Calif. motel room where they would deliver medication, but he left
Her scheme through Penn Choice Ambulance involved more than $3.6 million in fraudulent Medicare claims
The 2013 outbreak sickened more than 700 and killed nine
EMTs found him unresponsive and blue with a used needle, a metal spoon, a pair of sunglasses, a green tourniquet, a lighter and three small bags
You arrived to find a 23-year-old male whose right leg has been nearly amputated above the knee. Did you get your treatment right?
You arrive to find a 23-year-old male whose right leg has been nearly amputated above the knee. What are your treatment priorities?
The organ is kept inside a machine that keeps it functioning; the transplant was part of an international study
MedEx Ambulance service is experimenting with Glass to see whether it can improve collaboration and patient outcomes while reducing costs
The Google-affiliated wearable app sends an alert when it’s time to take scheduled doses, and works with electronic medical record systems
Survival was highest when the pause was less than 20 seconds, and research supports the AHA recommendation to minimize interruptions in chest compressions
Use these 10 steps to best serve special needs patients
All but eight states have created partnerships with commercial long-term care insurers
You arrived to find a 17-year-old girl lying with a 45-degree fracture to her right leg; did you get the treatment right?
She was bitten while cleaning cages at a wildlife sanctuary and airlifted to a local hospital that keeps antivenins on hand
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