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Avoiding anchoring bias in EMS by balancing speed with safety
A red-flag approach to identifying true emergencies and treating patients with compassion
“Management of crush syndrome has to start in the rubble, in the hole, under the car, in the subway; treatment starts there.”
A registry tracked 372 people and found that the lifesaving device worked when needed despite the physical exertion
A careful and thorough EMS stroke assessment can make a difference in ED management
Experts are watching carefully for signs that the deadly virus can spread from person-to-person
Desmethyl fentanyl is 40 times more potent than heroin
Tempe police say the 19-year-old student was found early Saturday morning in the emergency room lobby of St. Luke’s Hospital
The bill would create a rebuttable presumption for workers’ compensation coverage for any death or disability
Assistant Chief Marlon Don Jones, 48, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with 14 third-degree felony counts of so-called “doctor shopping”
Jeff Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital
The 44-year-old mother of two says she’s in a better place than she could have imagined after the attack
With a little effort and preparation, obtaining an artifact free 12-lead ECG tracing from any patient can be easy
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Jurors found Catherine Kieu guilty of torture and aggravated mayhem for the July 11, 2011, attack
Resuscitation medicine grew out of the mid-twentieth century discovery of CPR, the medical procedure by which hearts that have stopped beating are revived
The mammoth price tag is probably not what patients are focusing on as they begin the long healing process
California-based bio-printing pioneers Organovo created the mini organs by using the machine to build up around 20 layers of liver cells
After the surgery, the surgeon to my parents, “I operated on him as if he had a chance”
“She murdered me that night,” the man said Wednesday on the first day of the trial of Catherine Kieu, 50
Researchers say findings are concerning
There is no scientific consensus on an appropriate level of antibiotic prescribing
The agency generally issues such reports before taking formal action against companies
Resembling a wrap-around robe, the gown closes in the back and front
Marek Lapinski began to cough during the procedure, was given additional sedatives and went into cardiac arrest
CaroMont CEO Randall Kelley says the hospital hopes to create a community health movement
A third man in has died from the H7N9 virus, a strain of avian flu not previously detected in humans
Woman seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages, according to the lawsuit
Hemorrhagic shock is a subset of hypovolemic shock that results from a decrease in circulating blood volume
Dallas Wiens became the first person in the U.S. to receive a full face transplant
H7N9 bird flu is considered a low pathogenic strain that cannot easily be contracted by humans
One area receiving increasing scrutiny is the control of body temperature when a patient is severely injured
Deaths in nursing homes held steady at around 21 percent
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