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Monday morning quarterbacking a difficult STEMI from the EMS and ED perspective
Assessing prehospital management and outcomes in patients assessed for hypoglycemia
Waveform capnography provides a non-invasive, accurate assessment of a patient’s ventilatory status
Animals bitten by snakes, hit by cars, or have other infections have been treated with the chambers
William Bennett suffered a brain hemorrhage and was in the hospital in “guarded condition” on Sunday
No drug means no patient consent required in cardiac arrest research
Anti-anxiety drugs including Valium were among common causes of medication-related deaths
The odds of that occurring is one in 70 million
A Wash. state television station conducted an experiment to see how high drivers navigate the roads
The girl suffered a severe side effect known as toxic epidermal necrolysis
Firefighters treated and decontaminated 30 people
Narcan has been used to interrupt overdosing
Even brief syncope can be a sign that a firefighter has life-threatening health issues and must be evaluated
Ketamine appears to work well without serious side effects
The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around
Women reported dangerous complications and infections from the mesh
The man could walk and fearing that he’d die, tied a note begging for help to his dog
The new bug has previously been reported in Japan, France and Finland
Polyurethane polymer forms inside a patient’s body upon injection of two liquid phases
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The clinic is accused of using injections contaminated with Hepatitis C
After the woman’s daughters could not find a pulse or detect breathing, they got her body ready for a funeral
Along with automated external defibrillators and basic airway management, CPR is considered a fundamental component of BLS
The InSpectra is a portable, lightweight, battery operated device that measures oxygen saturation
After getting lost, Alex said her mother started driving erratically — and she knew something was wrong with her
Christian Bale spoke with the boy about his favorite superhero Batman
By using a “cut and paste” method to manipulate cell genes, the cells became resistant
Olean General Hospital is mailing letters to 1,915 patients who may have been infected after improper sharing of insulin pens
A judge has thrown out a medical examiner’s conclusion that a baby’s death was caused by the rat poison her mother ate
Investigators think that they man may have ingested drugs prior to being pulled over by officers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has singled out the greater Salt Lake region as having the nation’s worst air for much of January
The man picks up his girlfriend everyday and brings her to a local Starbucks to reteach her the alphabet after she had a stroke
Doctors hope the stimulation from the “brain pacemakers” would stifle further damage