A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine says video laryngoscopy is superior to direct laryngoscopy in successful first-pass intubation attempts across staff experience levels in the ICU and emergency department.
Scores of hospitals across the U.S. have looked abroad to ease a shortage of nurses worsened by the pandemic.
Over the past few years there has been a fast-growing trend of hospitals outsourcing clinically relevant services – like anesthesiology and emergency medicine.
Patients who received care from a mobile stroke unit were less likely to have disability three months after their stroke than those transported by a standard ambulance.
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For every 10-minute delay between arrival at the ER and the start of stroke treatment, patients with severe strokes may lose eight weeks of healthy life.
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Transport respiratory therapists need to be equipped with all the knowledge and clinical skills that traditional RTs have, plus the ability to handle care in difficult environments—including emergencies with the risk of COVID-19 infection.
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Approximately 52,000 additional emergency department visits for asthma, COPD, or asthma-COPD overlap occurred as the result of thunderstorms in a 14-year study period.
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Nonin Medical’s CO-Pilot is a handheld device with wireless capabilities that helps EMS, firefighters and military personnel measure patient parameters following cardiac arrest, traumatic injury, carbon monoxide or smoke inhalation.
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The FDA has granted premarket approval for the Philips HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators, and their supporting accessories, including batteries and pads.
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Researchers report that a 2017 wildfire near San Diego resulted in 16 more visits each day to the ER by children under the age of 19 for breathing complaints.
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According to ProPublica, a dozen patients in Rhode Island have died in the last three years after artificial airways were inserted into the esophagus by non-paramedic EMS personnel.
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Zoll Medical Corp is calling for EMS presentations for the Zoll Summit 2020, in Denver, Colo from June 9-11, 2020.
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Access to naloxone remains limited but the FDA continues to support efforts to expand access in order to get the drug to those at risk of opioid overdose.
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Emergency intubations are almost always associated with cardiac or respiratory arrest in hospitalized patients and often occur during intense resuscitation activities.
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Researchers have developed a 3-D printed baby mannikin, based on an MRI scan of a real newborn baby, which could improve the resuscitation training.
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