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Sick, hurt children couldn’t understand why they were getting shots – so this doc found a simpler way to administer medication while reducing the risk of cross-infection to caregivers
Novel use of video laryngoscopy with recording capability to improve clinical oversight in EMS airway management
Janet Taylor shares assessment and management tips for mastering seizure thresholds, classification and treatment approaches
To avoid extinction, EMS needs to embrace community paramedicine, value-based purchasing and look for innovative ways to improve services
Research the needs of your community and partner with other health care agencies to shape a program around solving a shared goal
The man’s symptoms matched up almost perfectly with a patient on an episode in which the fictional Dr. Gregory House identified cobalt poisoning as the cause
After surgery, six leeches were applied to the hand every two hours; saving the hand required 1,482 leeches and 41 units of blood
The 18-year-old was bitten all over his face and was the last of three people attacked during the bizarre rampage that ended when deputies shot the naked 28-year-old man
The drugstore chain has decided “cigarettes have no place in a setting where health care is being delivered”
He was teased at school for liking the cartoon “My Little Pony"; his parents got him to the hospital after his suicide attempt, but he suffered potentially life-long brain damage
A small amount of additional sugar significantly increases heart disease risk
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping transport a patient in an ambulance when a SUV hit them head-on
Medical emergencies include food poisoning, injuries related to excessive alcohol and chronic medical conditions — like high blood pressure — aggravated by football-friendly foods
Henry Walter Atkins III suffered from a medical condition that may have caused him to lose control of his car; he was pronounced dead after his car ran into a curb and overturned
A mother told EMTs not to restrain her son because he gets violent during seizures, but they held him down anyway and police took him to a holding cell, the suit alleges
A nurse caught her handling the line and found a brown substance that was tested; the man is expected to survive his heart procedure and alleged attempt on his life
Researchers in the U.K. were able to implement consistent prehospital practices for stroke and MI nationwide — can we import to the U.S.?
He and his dad drove past a house on the way back from a hockey game and he thought something didn’t feel right; the woman had slipped on ice in her garage and almost froze to death
The ship arrived back in N.J. and passengers are recovering
The case of Texas paramedic Marlise Munoz drew national debate about life support for the sake of a fetus
People are reporting vomiting and diarrhea, and authorities said it’s not yet clear what is causing the illness
The medic allegedly stole pain medication and replaced the substances with a high dose of an over-the-counter allergy medication to put patients into a “deep fog”
Attorneys argued that keeping the woman alive would set a dangerous precedent for future cases of pregnant, brain-dead women
Traci England, 46, pleaded guilty to felony charges after taking a piece of spinal column that had been removed from a corpse to train her cadaver dog
Donald Penney, 48, faces 29 felony charges after allegedly diverting drugs from multiple patients at a hospital
The hospital is citing a Texas law it says prohibits them from carrying out the family’s wishes
There has always been a theory that a drug would affect a receptor on a cell membrane by either blocking or stimulating it. Here’s a look at the study that proves it
Employees have been offered other jobs or a severance package; low demand and the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid put a strain on operations
They were convicted of 39 counts after a $1.2M scam that went on for more than a decade
Victory EMS owner Victor Gonzalez, 26, has been charged with five counts of healthcare fraud, three counts of identity theft and one count of mail fraud