Posts Tagged ‘emergency medicine’
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 - 2 Comments
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…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 14, 2010 13:35 - 2 Comments
Uninsured more likely to die from trauma
U. BUFFALO (US)—Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2010 11:54 - 3 Comments
For 20-somethings, everything’s an emergency
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Young adults use the emergency room nearly twice as often as children and adolescents and nearly three times as much as adults older than 30, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2009 18:31 - 0 Comments
Save soldiers by stretching ‘golden hour’
TEXAS A&M (US)—Researchers are investigating frontline treatments that would give injured U.S. military personnel a better chance at survival when there is massive blood loss. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2009 13:30 - 1 Comment
Progesterone’s double life
EMORY (US)—Twenty-five years ago neuroscientist Donald Stein began to suspect that women’s brains differed from men’s when it came to recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Specifically, Stein observed that female lab rats recovered more readily than males—thanks to progesterone. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 13, 2009 11:40 - 1 Comment
Gauge flu symptoms with online tool
EMORY (US)—A new H1N1 self-assessment tool for consumers and health care workers is available on several major national Web sites—including flu.gov. The tool is designed to help people decide what to do if they are worried that they or someone they love has flu symptoms. (more…)
