News tagged with triage


New vitamin K analysis supports the triage theory

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An important analysis conducted by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute scientists suggests the importance of ensuring optimal dietary intakes of vitamin K to prevent age-related conditions such as bone fragility, ...


Triage technology with a Star Trek twist

Triage technology with a Star Trek twist

Technology / Engineering

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T).





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Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP)

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.


Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...


Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking (AP)

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.


Age-specific evaluation of HPV DNA testing vs. cytology screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing with cytology triage is more sensitive than conventional cytology screening for detecting cervical lesions, according to a new study published online November 9 in the Journal of th ...


Fewer emergency patients seen within recommended time frame

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in four emergency department patients in 2006 waited longer to be evaluated by a clinician than recommended at triage, an increase from one in five in 1997, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of ...


Calling it in: New emergency medical service system may predict caller's fate

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Resident physicians seldom trained in skin cancer examination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many resident physicians are not trained in skin cancer examinations, nor have they ever observed or practiced the procedure, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Dermatology.


Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctor

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients

Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


Study of hospital relocation provides insights to aid in disaster planning

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Restricting elective surgeries, limiting incoming transfers and enhancing the efficiency of the discharge process helped one major hospital reduce capacity before a relocation without interrupting emergency or trauma services, ...



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