Posts Tagged ‘emergency medicine’
Abuse sends 4,500 kids to hospital in a year
YALE (US) — More than 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to abuse in one year alone. Continue…
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Top Stories - Jan 13, 2012 16:49 - 0 Comments
Google alerts hospitals before flu hits
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Google’s Flu Trends tool can warn a hospital emergency room much faster than traditional reports that a flood of flu patients is coming, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 12:43 - 0 Comments
Hospital transfers too slow for heart patients
YALE (US) — Most heart attack patients transferred between hospitals for angioplasty are not moved as quickly as they should be, according to the first national study of “door-in door-out” transfer time. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2011 12:01 - 0 Comments
Routine hits may injure teen athlete’s brain
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Brain scans of high school football and hockey players showed subtle injury after routine hits to the head during normal play. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 24, 2011 10:56 - 0 Comments
White youth more likely to get CT scans
UC DAVIS (US) — White children are far more likely to receive CT scans in an emergency room after minor head trauma than African-American or Hispanic children, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 17, 2011 9:31 - 12 Comments
Stray bullets often injure women
UC DAVIS (US) — The first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings shows more than 80 percent of the victims were unaware of the events leading to the gunfire and more than 40 percent were women. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 11, 2011 14:20 - 1 Comment
CT scans up 330 percent in 12 years
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The number of times CT scans were used in emergency rooms over a 12-year period rose 330 percent, or 11 times faster than the rate of ER visits, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 14, 2011 15:03 - 0 Comments
Blood may have short shelf life
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Transfused blood may need to be stored in a different way to prevent the breakdown of red blood cells that can lead to complications, including infection, organ failure, and even death. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 11, 2011 16:09 - 1 Comment
Severity ‘score’ for cardiac arrest
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Classifying patients after they have suffered cardiac arrest may lead to a more effective way to predict outcomes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 17, 2011 9:47 - 0 Comments
Kids don’t always need CT scans
UC DAVIS (US) — Monitoring children who come into emergency rooms with minor head trauma instead of immediately ordering a CT scan avoids radiation exposure without compromising care. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 11, 2011 16:21 - 1 Comment
Kids outsmart car seat restraints
YALE (US) — Children can unbuckle their own car seat by age 3, putting themselves at a 3.5-fold increased risk for serious injury. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2011 9:20 - 0 Comments
Medevac nurses need targeted training
CASE WESTERN (US) — The unstructured and at times chaotic environment on board a medevac helicopter calls for more specialized training, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 5, 2011 15:55 - 1 Comment
Valve keeps kids out of hot water
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A valve fitted to pipes to regulate water temperature should be the rule—not the exception. Researchers say it dramatically reduces the risk children will be scalded by bath water. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 5, 2011 12:34 - 3 Comments
Helicopter transports save lives
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Severely injured patients transported by helicopter from the scene of an accident are more likely to survive than patients brought to trauma centers by ground ambulance. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 4, 2011 14:12 - 1 Comment
On-scene IVs a deadly waste of time?
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Giving IV fluids to a trauma patient before transport to a hospital could be a life-threatening delay. New research suggests it increases the risk of death by as much as 35 percent. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 22, 2010 11:42 - 1 Comment
Wanted: Obese crash test dummies
U. BUFFALO (US) — Obese drivers have a higher chance of dying in a severe auto accident. So, should crash tests be conducted with dummies that reflect an increasingly overweight population? (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2010 10:49 - 2 Comments
Robots in ER? Not just sci-fi
VANDERBILT (US) — The idea of robot assistants that can perform effectively in the often-chaotic environment of the emergency room is not as futuristic as it may seem. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2010 11:48 - 0 Comments
For elderly, any fall is a bad fall
U. ROCHESTER (US) — While simple falls, such as slipping while walking off a curb, may seem relatively harmless, they can actually lead to severe injury and death in elderly individuals. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2010 12:07 - 0 Comments
CPR: Compressions, not breaths
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating fare better if resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and only do chest compression. (more…)
