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Simplifying the patient assessment process for every patient can reduce variability, lower your stress and improve patient care
By working on prescription compliance, smoking cessation and other risk factors, community medics can make a difference in the lives of stroke patients
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The World Trade Center Health Program, which provides health monitoring and treatment for first responders, expired this fall but has enough funding to operate into next year
Capt. Gene Hull, 53, underwent surgery to amputate his right arm after being diagnosed with cancer in the tissue around his collarbone
The Zadroga Act expired this fall and supporters are hoping to get the extension passed before Congress leaves for the holidays
The woman had to undergo emergency surgery to prevent sepsis
The health care fund aids first responders who rushed to the World Trade Center after the attacks and now have illnesses such as pulmonary disease and cancer
Lily James almost lost her foot after a boating accident when she was 7, but thanks to the medics and doctors’ quick response she made a complete recovery
The video was uploaded on viral video website LiveLeak and was seen more than 130,000 times
The Chamber of Commerce service excellence award was given to two St. Charles County Ambulance District paramedics for their patient advocacy
Enhanced EMS System aims to reduce hospital readmissions for chronically ill and frequent 911 users
The app-based service allows medics to transmit ECGs and patient information to physicians
Each kit is equipped with $25 to $30 worth of gauze, gloves and two tourniquets for bystanders to render aid
Despite their lifesaving capabilities, Montana lawmakers might regulate air medical services
The 19-year-old man died of smoke inhalation and burns
Patient symptoms ranged from mild nausea, tachycardia and agitation to difficulty breathing and unconsciousness
The first issue of the Irish Journal of Paramedicine will be published in June 2016
A team of 20 doctors and crisis experts organized the medical response, sending three-person teams into the field and setting up triage operations in hospitals
After the first suicide bomber blew himself up, health officials decided to put their “White Plan” into action, a disaster response plan that had never been used in such circumstances
Patrick Hardison, 41, has undergone over 70 surgeries to recreate his face that was burned off while fighting a mobile home fire in 2001
The new device can also measure blood sugar, body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and amount of oxygen in the bloodstream
A new program coordinates EMS and clinical efforts to lower sepsis mortality rates
You responded to a residence for a report of a 4-year-old child seizing; did you correctly assess and treat the child?
You are asked to respond to a residence for a report of a child seizing
The mother of the 15-month-old girl hadn’t heard from her mother for a week
The MD-1 Physician Response program aims to cut time for critical patients to receive doctor’s care
Responders are asking for permanent extension of the act that covers medical expenses for those exposed to toxic substances at ground zero
Patrick Hardison, 41, has undergone over 70 surgeries to recreate his face that was burned off while fighting a mobile home fire in 2001
The medical center is the first in the state and aims to fill the void in the area’s public health care
Current technology and vital signs limit the information EMS providers can communicate to hospital trauma teams
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