News tagged with emergency
EU probes mismanagement in prized Spanish wetland
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising ...
The Medical Minute: There's no trick to a safe Halloween
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Halloween is supposed to be a spooky night, but parents don’t have to be scared about their kids’ safety if they follow some simple safety tips from Safe Kids Dauphin County, led by the Penn State Hershey ...
Calling it in: New emergency medical service system may predict caller's fate
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Japanese researchers have developed a computer program which may be able tell from an emergency call if you are about to die. Research published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine shows that a computer algori ...
Health information exchange conquers new frontier: Emergency medical services
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Emergency medical responders typically know very little about the patients they treat at mass disasters, accident scenes, or other sites where an ambulance is dispatched for rapid response. That's true everyplace ...
Clots traveling from lower veins may not be the cause of pulmonary embolism in trauma patients
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused ...
Working overnights by physicians not linked to significantly increased risk of complications
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists who worked nighttime hours did not have a significantly greater rate of complications for procedures performed the next day, but having less than six hours of opportunity ...
Tropical Storm Patricia approaches Mexico
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Officials closed schools and readied emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Patricia neared Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Tuesday.
Radio waves 'see' through walls (w/ Video)
Oct 12, 2009 |
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University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue ...
Insured African Americans more likely to use emergency room than other insured groups
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- African Americans enrolled in HMOs are far more likely to use the ER and to delay getting needed prescription drugs than HMO-insured members of other racial and ethnic groups, a new study has found.
Promising results for rapid viral diagnosis tests in emergency rooms
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Rapid viral diagnosis tests for respiratory diseases in children who arrive in emergency departments have the potential to reduce pressures on health systems by enabling doctors to reach a quicker diagnosis, according to ...
Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctor
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.
The high cost of treating alcohol-impaired drivers
Oct 05, 2009 |
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The costs of drinking and driving are all too apparent, with alcohol involved in 41 percent of all motor vehicle crash fatalities in 2006. In addition to the mortality and morbidity associated with drinking and driving, the ...
Wi-Fi signals can see through walls
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other side of walls or ...
Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Yale University researchers document a disturbing lack of consistency among U.S. hospitals in how quickly they treat patients in emergency rooms. Furthermore, some hospitals ...
Report: Flu might fill up hospitals in 15 states
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday.
