Ambulance Four-hour strike for the NHS staff in England and Northern Ireland Nov 24, 2014 NHS workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, are staging four-hour strikes in England and Northern…
Health and Safety Medicaid, civil disobedience and Physicians Nov 21, 2014 Civil Disobedience and Physicians — Protesting the Blockade of Medicaid Charles van der Horst, M.D. on NEJM On…
News Non-traumatic intramural hematomas in patients on anticoagulant therapy Nov 21, 2014 Non-traumatic intramural hematomas in patients on anticoagulant therapy: Report of three cases and overview of the…
News Future of Health, the NHS ideas about patients and carers Nov 21, 2014 On the eve of the 2014 Future of Health Conference, NHS England’s Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Dr…
Health and Safety Breast cancer women 'not offered fertility advice' Nov 21, 2014 Most young women diagnosed with breast cancer do not receive fertility advice, despite the fact their treatment…
Of interest Why do so many people die shovelling snow? Nov 20, 2014 At least two people have died from heart attacks while shovelling snow in Buffalo, New York. Every winter, about…
News Wall of snow buries in Buffalo, New York declares state of emergency Nov 20, 2014 THE INDIPENDENT - Five people have been killed and a state of emergency declared after a towering "wall of snow"…
Ambulance No more oxygen to heart attack patients, an australian study said Nov 20, 2014 Ambulance Victoria study questions practice of giving oxygen to heart attack patients ABC, MELBOURNE - The…
News Ebola outbreak: $5.7m pledged for blood plasma trials Nov 20, 2014 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $5.7m towards a programme to increase production of experimental…
News Pediatric Procedural Sedation with Ketamine Nov 19, 2014 The EM blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of ketamine the past week or so. We stated in the 4th LITFL Review that…