By Anna Cappella and Katherine Casarrubias Gallardo Members of Carnegie Mellon’s Emergency Medical Services team practice giving first aid during a mock mass casualty incident. Courtesy of ...
Only about 1% of emergency medical vehicles — including ground and air ambulances — carry blood in the U.S. Instead, EMS teams often rely on crystalloid products, which are cheaper and easier to store ...
The Veterans’ Health Administration, or VHA, provides care to military veterans and their families. But providing that care can get complicated during floods, which are growing more common as the ...
Few of the country's EMS systems carry blood. But a growing number are starting, in the face of evidence that it could save thousands of lives.
Members of the union that make up most of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge's employees "overwhelmingly" ratified two ...
Deprescription and the prevention of hospitalization should be priorities, rather than aggressive management, a family ...
Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not ...
Soon, when any of the county's 14 fire departments respond to a trauma call, these trained paramedics and EMTs can now act as ...
Dr. Jason Smith, University of Louisville Hospital's chief medical officer, said doctors who treated victims dealt with a ...
As mentioned last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently put out a large buffet of regs – too many ...
A majority of hospitals rely on outsourcing the staffing and management of their emergency departments. St. Anthony in ...