Patient Transportation
ET3 and COVID-19 have increased telehealth utilization to the benefit of patients and the healthcare system in rural Colorado
Leveling the playing field on hospital bed delays
Remembering shock pioneer, R Adams Cowley, 30-years after his death
Transporting these patients to specialty centers is the best way to safely manage this virus, and companies are already able to do this
Transports of obese patients has gone from 24 trips in 2004, to more than 1,000
The business owner was denied a “certificate of necessity” license for inter-facility and non-emergency transports; he says it would create competition and save patients money
A 90-year-old woman ended up in a coma when the service, which provides flat-screen TVs and other amenities, allegedly let her fall on her apartment stairs
The responders and the ambulance were isolated after the transport; they’ve been sent home but will be monitored for 21 days
The unit includes advanced equipment and a specially trained team to recover patients from hospitals where nothing more can be done for them
Dr. Peter Antevy joins our hosts to discuss reasons for treating pediatric patients on-scene rather than rapidly transporting during a cardiac arrest
He was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries that were not considered serious, and the patient was not hurt in the accident
She said she took her eyes off the road in an ambulance rollover that killed a patient onboard
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson respond to Steve Whitehead’s column that suggests it might be inappropriate to transport a dying patient to the hospital.
A new program would train firefighters to transport patients to the hospital; local EMS questions quality of care
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The doctor who was delivering babies in Liberia is now in Omaha’s special isolation unit; the experimental drug ZMapp is exhausted and a medical team is exploring other treatments
Philadelphia police “scoop and run” policy may get shooting victims to the hospital faster which may explain increased survival rates of seriously injured patients
Sedgwick County EMS implemented a policy where patients transported to an ED who call 911 again within 72 hours must be transported to the same ED
In a Toronto-based study of 900 calls where patients should have been taken to a trauma center located no more than 30 minutes away, only 53 percent of patients were transported to one
He opted to pay the $129 upon finding the ticket in an ambulance after transporting the woman’s mother, who later died
The $75,000 program will waive additional fees after insurance for residents
The service is under further scrutiny after an ambulance lost a tire while transporting a sick infant, days after the state took 30 ambulances off the road
Fire Chief Willie McDonald said the department will respond to more serious emergency calls while AMR responds to less serious calls
The responders voiced concern about not taking a still-breathing gunshot victim to the hospital, but in the end listened to a Vanderbilt ER doctor who told them not to transport
Grady EMS’s special operations team had been ready for this type of transport for years; here’s how it all came together
Moving heavy patients can lead to injuries but these specialized tools can help
The spat may mean more taxpayers may now be more aware of how EMS is funded and what the system could provide
Doctors will monitor an experimental drug never tested on humans; she and Dr. Kent Brantly arrived three days earlier and both are being treated in isolation
Since disagreements after the city took on more transports in March, AMR and the city have been working toward a contract extension agreement
The reshuffling of ground transport methods means Fort Drum will rely more on army medics for transport in non-life threatening situations
American Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly arrived by ambulance at Emory University Hospital
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