Health

Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said that the City of Lockport will ask the state Health Department this week to let city firefighters perform more medical services on rescue calls than they have been allowed to do since the city abolished its…

The lead interventional cardiologist in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department of Careggi Hospital in Florence (Italy), Guido Parodi, wrote an interesting article on medest118.com about drug-to-drug interaction. Recent literature shows a…

In several communities across U.S. 911 is now sending out a smartphone app alert summoning citiziens trained in CPR, in addition to first responders notifications. If those citiziens arrive at the scene first they can start…

May 17-23 is the 41st annual EMS week. Whether celebrated with a company cookout or a catered lunch; an open house, an awards ceremony or even quiet reflection about what it means to be an EMS practitioner, EMS Week is the perfect time…

International Nepal earthquake responders are using their own language.

“Time is brain and, for too long, we have been content managing the consequences of stroke. Times have changed, the stakes are too high and patients entrust us with their lives” said Perer Antevy, Ryan A. Mctaggart Md and Mahesh V.…

With more than 40 years of experience in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Airbus Helicopters currently offers the widest and best adapted range of helicopters for EMS missions, leading that segment. Today every 4th EMS helicopter is…

At least five people are dead and another 50 are in hospital, six of them in critical condition. This is the balance of a train incident in Philadelphia. The 188 Regional Train was going from Washington to New York when it derailed in…

2014 is the 30th anniversary of the first publication of an American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) clinical practice guideline (CPG). This joint effort was undertaken in response to the US government’s…

Bloodstream infections are a major cause of illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, more than 2 million people a year in the U.S. get antibiotic-resistant blood infections, causing about 23,000…