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Peer-reviewed, empirical data is needed to pursue alternative payment structures
Turning frustration into action as the end of ET3 puts a wrench in treatment in place, alternate destinations
Planned Senate hearing, bills find new interest as smoke from Canadian fires reaches D.C.
More than 60 cases of what is now called MERS, including 38 deaths, have been recorded by the World Health Organization in the past year
Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine to a traditional ventilator
Get your hands on the chest and circulate what they have and don’t worry about giving ventilations in the beginning
Fire officials said their extensive emergency response preparation was critical to reviving firefighter Larken
The idea is that hypnotherapy can complement traditional first aid assistance
Overdoses of tramadol have been reported, which has led several states to reclassify it as a controlled substance.
The devices can be used more than once in order to prepare students to actually use them on a real patient
After stabbing his father with scissors, Jason Dunn cut off his own hands using a radial saw
The immune-suppressing drugs carry side effects and may raise the risk of cancer over the long term
Police say he used a fake Facebook profile to lure her from her Glenburn home before killing her May 12
The mother told police when he went to pull her hair, he accidentally pulled the baby’s hair, ripping off his scalp
She injected her 5-year-old daughter with methamphetamine and amphetamine
There’s been many developments over the years and this creates a gaze into a collective crystal ball for what the future might bring
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration regulates e-cigarettes used for therapeutic purposes
A medic had to retrieve the scalp from the kitchen floor, pack it into ice and transport it to the hospital
The husband drove the boy to the ambulance and was later pronounced deceased at the hospital
The meeting was prompted by the cases of two terminally ill children who are awaiting transplants
Does a patient’s skin color affect how EMS manages pain?
After the man drank the soy sauce, he began twitching and having seizures and his friends took him to the ER
Upon seeing the man, she recognized the signs of a major heart attack and began giving directions to a bystander on the phone with 911
The virus is related to SARS, which killed about 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003
Under existing policy, all adults will be offered the lungs first, even those more stable and with less severe conditions
Harold Mendenhall started donating blood the year his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer
Understanding the differences can lead to more precise prehospital treatment of patients with diabetes
A variety of medical conditions and patient presentations warrant prehospital blood glucose analysis
A former physician assistant illegally wrote him 9 prescriptions for the painkillers Vicodin and Oxycodone
A firefighter and other children who had been playing with her were treated for less serious electrical shock injuries suffered when they tried to assist her
Washing everyone with antiseptic wipes and giving them antibiotic nose ointment reduced bloodstream infections dramatically
Some passengers may fear liability if they help in such situations, but a Good Samaritan law protects those who do so
The virus, which first emerged in Saudi Arabia where most cases have arisen, is called MERS for Middle East respiratory syndrome
