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Key takeaways for police and EMS from SWAT physician, Dr. Faroukh M. Mehkri
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
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
Doctors have been unable to determine a cause and they say exploratory procedures can do more harm than good
The patient was cutting down a tree on his farm when the razor-sharp edge of the falling trunk took off his hand
The kit contains field dressings, tourniquets, and gauze that could save a child’s life in an emergency
The U.S. House passed legislation this year that would give states that come up with policies to make epinephrine available in schools special preference when they apply for asthma-related grants
The body burns sugars like a fire consumes fuel, but careful of what you throw on that fire
One of the ill victims was also violent, and five firefighters assisted the paramedic in restraining the man
Doctors say Krokodil rots the skin from the inside out causing gangrene; one sister had to undergo emergency surgery last week to save her legs
Showing newbies the street can be illuminating
Despite reported cases in Ill. and Ariz., the agency is skeptical it’s being used by Americans
The mother was turned away from the health center by a nurse who said she was only eight months pregnant and “still not ready” to deliver
They are the first couple in the county to each donate a kidney through the National Kidney Registry
Users of Krokodil, an popular drug that users substitute for heroin, often develop sores that resemble alligator skin
A gondola attached to a crane ultimately was used to lift rescue personnel and surgeons to the scene
The boy could have lost his leg, but doctors didn’t amputate because they didn’t think he was going to live
The surgeons used new, minimally invasive laser-surgery techniques to burn out the tumor in his brain
The only people looking for heroes on transfer calls of critically ill patients are attorneys
