News tagged with ems
9-1-1 dispatchers can save more lives by coaching bystanders in CPR
More people will survive sudden cardiac arrest when 9-1-1 dispatchers help bystanders assess victims and begin CPR immediately, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Safety cultures in EMS agencies vary widely, study finds
A survey of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies from across the country found wide variation in perceptions of workplace safety culture—providing a tool that might point to potential patient safety threats, according ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Barriers hinder EMS workers from using best resuscitation practices
Local laws, insurance reimbursement and public misperceptions impede emergency medical services (EMS) workers from using best resuscitation practices, according to a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality an ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Women may be more likely to experience EMS delays for heart care
Women who called 9-1-1 complaining of cardiac symptoms were 52 percent more likely than men to experience delays during emergency medical services' (EMS) care, according to a report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Navy to begin tests on electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher
The Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program will take an important step forward in the coming weeks when the first industry railgun prototype launcher is tested at a facility ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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New technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution
A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Researcher studies hockey and football concussions: Is it time for major changes?
(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine ice hockey without body checking and football with less hitting. What might sound blasphemous to hockey and football fans and players has more support than you may imagine. And ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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NIH launches trials to evaluate CPR and drugs after sudden cardiac arrest
The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 26, 2012 |
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First complete 3D visualization of vitamin D receptor
For the first time, a team from the Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France, has obtained a high-resolution, full 3D image of a small but vital molecule locked ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Scientists identify novel approach to view inner workings of viruses
Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers at the National Institute ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Study finds most paramedics are victims of abuse in the workplace
More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.
Dec 29, 2011 |
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CEO calls Zynga his 'crowning achievement'
Before Zynga traded its first share on Friday, nervous investors in the social-gaming company didn't know whether to expect a killing or to be killed.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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When 'clean' is not clean enough
Some solutions are just no-brainers. Take medical backboards, for example, those hard plastic boards used to stabilize patients during emergencies before the patient is lifted onto the gurney and hurried into ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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A new genre of tires: Call 'em 'sweet' and 'green'
Motorists may be driving on the world's first "green" tires within the next few years, as partnerships between tire companies and biotechnology firms make it possible to produce key raw materials for tires from sugar rather ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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