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Examining the research on physician- vs. paramedic-led teams
STAR Ambulance’s journey to enhancing patient care delivery and the employee experience
Avoiding anchoring bias in EMS by balancing speed with safety
He suffered from extreme dairy allergies; nurses arrived and performed CPR but was pronounced dead at a hospital later
Firefighters freed the man and brought him to a local hospital, along with his severed arm
Jennifer Hesselbein was loading a patient into an ambulance when a truck hit both of them
The charges stated that from 2007 through 2011, he reported performing “thousands of surgical procedures, often as many as 20 or more in a single day”
The unidentified young adult was one of 11 confirmed cases of H1N1 or ‘swine flu’ reported in Alaska since flu season began in September
The anti-heroin package of legislation includes immunity for those helping to report an overdose, and allowing first responders to administer naloxone
He fell 16 feet from a tree and suffered a severe spinal injury that paralyzed him from the shoulders down; doctors said he could never breathe on his own again
The two-month-old died after her mother passed out on her while breastfeeding
Many have been pushing for the widespread disbursement of the drug to administer to overdosing addicts before they’re taken to the hospital
The “Mo Medics & Mo Friends” team of Lakeview Health EMS hopes to raise $5,000 for prostate cancer during the annual “Movember” campaign
The family believes he could be the heaviest baby born in the U.S. this year
Restaurant staff were concerned when he passed out at the bar, but it’s a scene EMS crews knew all too well
The man, who suffers from diabetes, is now in a serious condition in hospital
They used a water-filled balloon to stretch the skin on her chest and then used the extra skin to build the face; she can now smile for the first time
The boy swallowed a camera battery and died after suffering cuts to his esophagus and gastric irritation
He’s been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer for over a year; his family learned the chemotherapy isn’t working and he only has weeks to live
Students were vomiting and multiple people were carried on stretchers to ambulances
He cut it off because he was frustrated about being single, then cycled to the hospital without it; doctors were unable to reattach
He made the inexpensive yet functional prosthetic hand for his son who was born without fingers on one of his hands
Created to assist with long-term problems following the school massacre, the funds available are ‘completely inadequate,’ a union lawyer says
Responders were able to locate the part of the nose and took it to the hospital where the boy was being treated
While giving a lecture to her class, her heart stopped beating and she collapsed onto her desk; students called 911 and brought a defibrillator into the classroom
Hayley Barley, 24, suffers from Hirschsprung’s disease, a condition which makes her stomach so swollen she looks like she is about to give birth
The kidney donation was a success as the two were a near perfect match, medically and, eventually, romantically
The father saw bloody tissue in the boy’s underwear and a severe injury to his scrotum; the child is recovering from surgery
Remember that the most important patient is always the one in front of you
Officials say the injury appeared to have been self-inflicted; investigators were able to recover the hand
He was cleaning a cage at a permitted facility when the venomous snake attacked; he was in a coma for two days
