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The key to differentiating abdominal pain is to utilize as many assessment tools as possible
Dr. Jerry Snow shares xylazine pharmacology, treatment tips and high-dose naloxone implications
Clinicians should be aware of how ventricular-assist devices work and what distress signs to look for in patients
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
The national grade dropped from a C- in 2009 — where does your state stand?
They responded to a call for residents not feeling well and then they, too, began feeling lightheaded
The women all lacked a uterus and will soon try to become pregnant in an experimental procedure that has raised some ethical concerns
The man says the device “erupted” in his face and left him temporarily blind and in pain
She applied pressure to the boy’s chest wound and told him to “hold on for his mom”
“Is it completely out of the socket?” the 911 operator asked. “Yes,” the woman’s sister responded
She had never planned on going to a hospital, but she had never planned on giving birth all by herself either
He crawled under his cab at a truck stop to fix frozen brakes when the truck suddenly settled deeper into the snow, pinning him beneath an axle; doctors say one more hour would have been fatal
Neel Jackson, 35, is accused of transporting patients under Medicaid when they weren’t eligible and offering envelopes of cash to entice them to use the service