News tagged with ambulance
Trauma drug first for civilian ambulance service
A drug currently used to reduce bleeding in operating theatres and in trauma in the armed forces is set to be used by a civilian ambulance service for the first time.
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Cancer treatment funds run out for Swazi patients
(AP) -- Swaziland's government has run out of money to send its cancer patients to neighboring South Africa for treatment, and a spokeswoman said Thursday the tiny impoverished kingdom does not have any government hospitals ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Extreme exertion does not impair the quality of CPR given by lifeguards
Swim centre personnel and lifeguards have higher stamina and carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation more effectively than personnel in the emergency healthcare services, even though they have undergone extreme exertion. ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Treatment is just a heartbeat away
(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who delay going to hospital or calling an ambulance when experiencing chest pain - acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - have a higher mortality and morbidity rate than those who don’t.
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Public ignorance over non-emergency calls, UK research reveals
Fewer than one in three people fully understand when not to call the emergency services, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Fat patients force British ambulances to supersize
Britain is having to buy new ambulances and upgrade others to cope with a growing number of fat patients as an obesity crisis grips the country, a report said Thursday.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Community program halves fall rate among older people
A community based falls prevention service reduced the rate of falls among older people by 55%, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
May 11, 2010 |
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Toronto's entertainment district 'hot-spot' for violence-related injuries
Each day people living in large urban centres are injured as the result of violent acts such as physical assault. While existing research tells us where such events are most likely to happen, a new study by Canadian scientists ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?
(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive
(AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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'Brief History' scientist Stephen Hawking 'very ill': university
Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound British physicist whose book "A Brief History Of Time" became an international best-seller, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said Monday.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night
When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient. The word is often associated with road going emergency ambulances which form part of an emergency medical service, administering emergency care to those with acute medical problems.
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