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New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania’s Frontline Doctors Save Lives

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 21 (IPS) - The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the eme...

THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY CARE

Emergency departments (EDs) are the frontline of every healthcare system and represent a critical measure of its ability to provide timely, safe and high-quality care. Beyond treat...

First Aid & CPR Awareness

 First Aid & CPR AwarenessEvery second counts in an emergency.Knowing First Aid and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) can make the difference between life and death. Immediat...

First Aid & CPR Awareness

 First Aid & CPR AwarenessEvery second counts in an emergency.Knowing First Aid and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) can make the difference between life and death. Immediat...

Tanzania: New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania's Frontline Doctors Save Lives

[IPS] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the emergency depa...

Doctors Work to Address Access to Trauma Care for Rural Residents

Doctors Work to Address Access to Trauma Care for Rural Residents

A successful reorganization of a rural healthcare system saw dramatic improvements in the health outcomes of trauma patients. The post Doctors Work to Address Access to Trauma Care...

Trauma triage is challenging: Study assesses how AI might help improve accuracy

Making triage decisions in a busy emergency room is tough enough; making triage decisions based on a hurried call with emergency medical staff responding at the scene of an acciden...

New Chinese Guidelines Aim to Save Lives in the Critical Minutes After Major Trauma

New Chinese trauma guidelines prioritise bleeding control and early treatment to improve survival after serious injury. The post New Chinese Guidelines Aim to Save Lives in the Cri...

Tactical medicine for cops

Tactical medicine is “good medicine in bad places.” It is a specialized medical discipline that provides immediate, lifesaving care to personnel in high-threat environments — offic...

Officials credit cadaver lab training after Mass. paramedics, police save man injured by circular saw

Bridgewater officials say paramedics used a humeral head IO technique practiced during cadaver training while treating the severely injured patient

What to Expect During a Medical Emergency

A medical emergency can strike at any moment, and the time that follows is often stressful and uncertain. Knowing what to expect when you call for help can make a big difference. I...

Cooper University Health Care marks 1,000th whole blood trauma transfusion

Cooper University Health Care has reached a milestone in trauma care, administering its 1,000th whole blood transfusion to a critically injured patient. As South Jersey’s only Leve...

Surgeons called to Ga. construction site for complex worker rescue

Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene

Keeping Mentally Healthy in Trauma Nursing

In practice and research, Emily Ragus reflects on her experiences and contributions to maintaining mental health while being a trauma nurse.

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing Early percutaneous tracheostomy procedure-related complications include hemorrhage with bleeding controlled by local pressure or exploration or desa...

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing Surgical tracheostomy remains the method of choice in critically ill patients presenting with distorted neck anatomy, prior neck surgery, cervical i...

Louisville Metro EMS celebrates 100th blood transfusion administered from new program

Two specialized EMS units carrying blood are sent to certain calls where transfusions could be needed, such as shootings, stabbings and car accidents.

Understanding the Impact of First Aid Knowledge in Crisis Situations

What would happen if someone nearby suddenly stopped breathing or suffered a serious injury? Many emergencies happen without warning and leave little time to think. Knowing basic f...

COVID trauma in emergency physicians can surface suddenly

I’m the guy who doesn’t need help at the Apple Store. Thirty years as the family IT department, the one who sets up everybody’s phone at Thanksgiving. So I can’t tell you why, when...

Advanced ECPR treatment gives cardiac arrest patients a second chance

Doctors at HCA HealthONE Aurora are utilizing an advanced resuscitation method known as ECPR to significantly increase survival rates for patients experiencing out-of-hospital card...

Saving a child’s permanent tooth after dental trauma

When trauma threatens a child’s permanent tooth A new electric scooter for a tenth birthday party. In the excitement of trying it out for the first time and demonstrating the speed...

’’ ٹریاج‘‘ (Triage) ؛ اسپتالوں میں پُرتشدد واقعات کیوں؟

’’ مریض کی طبیعت زیادہ خراب ہونے پر لواحقین کا ڈاکٹر اور عملے پر تشدد اور اسپتال میں توڑ پھوڑ‘‘

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing Surgical cricothyroidotomy is reserved for the emergency airway situation when an extraglottic airway cannot be effectively employed because of uppe...