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First Edition: April 4, 2011

Today's health policy news coverage includes reports about Republican lawmakers' plans to make dramatic changes to Medicare and Medicaid as they seek to cut $4 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years.

4 Apr 2011

McKesson awards GW with two grants to study mobile-phone use in diabetic patients

GW researchers have been awarded two grants from the McKesson Foundation as part of its Mobilizing for Health initiative, an initiative to improve the health of underserved populations with chronic diseases through the use of mobile-phone technology.

29 Mar 2011

Doctors who use iResus application perform better simulated cardiac arrest emergency

Doctors who used a free iPhone application provided by the UK Resuscitation Council performed significantly better in a simulated medical emergency than those who did not, according to a study in the April issue of Anaesthesia.

29 Mar 2011

People living at high altitudes have lower chance of dying from heart disease

In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in partnership with the Harvard School of Global Health have found that people living at higher altitudes have a lower chance of dying from ischemic heart disease and tend to live longer than others.

28 Mar 2011

New studies demonstrate advantages of Masimo noninvasive and continuous measurements in ICUs

Masimo announced today that three new studies presented at the International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) Annual Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, demonstrate the accuracy, reliability, and clinical impact of Masimo noninvasive and continuous measurements—noninvasive hemoglobin (SpHb®), Pleth Variability Index (PVI®), and Perfusion Index (PI)—in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.

25 Mar 2011

Wolters Kluwer Health offers free online resources to Japan for earthquake relief

In support of disaster relief efforts in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami, Ovid and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, are providing free online access to emergency, disaster, trauma, and radiation contamination resources to Japanese hospitals and healthcare institutions affected by the disasters via the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal.

25 Mar 2011

New research: Trauma patients treated on weekends have greater chance of survival

Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on the weekend than during the week, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published in the March 21 issue of Archives of Surgery.

22 Mar 2011

Earthquake response could be improved through telemedicine

A new study published by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, Davis, foresees improvements in patient outcomes after a major earthquake through more effective use of information technology. A control tower-style telemedicine hub to manage electronic traffic between first responders and remote medical experts could boost the likelihood that critically injured victims will get timely care and survive, according to the team's computer simulation model.

21 Mar 2011

Intensive weekends: Higher death rates at ICUs over weekends

The study spanned over eight-years and 245,000 admissions to 41 intensive care units throughout Australia to come to this conclusion. It is published in The Medical Journal of Australia. It also showed that this pattern persisted even after accounting for severity of illness.

21 Mar 2011

Hopkins experts: Taking potassium iodide could be harmful

The Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) is advising that people in the United States should not take potassium iodide as a preventive medication for possible radiation fallout from Japan's evolving nuclear plant crisis.

17 Mar 2011

New findings reveal abused women are frequent ER visitors for many health problems

More than three quarters of domestic violence victims who report the incidents to police seek health care in emergency rooms, but most of them are never identified as being victims of abuse during their hospital visit.

17 Mar 2011

ACEP, Poison Control Centers raise awareness about drug poisoning dangers

New visits for drug-related poisoning in the United States continue to rise; therefore, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Association of Poison Control Centers are raising awareness about the dangers of drug poisoning as part of Poison Prevention Week.

17 Mar 2011

Centric Health 2010 revenue increases 70% to $62.5 million

Centric Health Corporation, Canada's leading diversified healthcare services company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

11 Mar 2011

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

This is a great success for CNSystems. The well-established Austrian high tech company will be presenting its CNAP blood pressure measuring device, as well as, for the first time, evaluation data at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.

9 Mar 2011

Elsevier offers Arabic bilingual medical texts to major universities in the Middle East

Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today it has begun offering Arabic bilingual editions of leading Elsevier medical texts to major universities in the Middle East. The first order was recently received by Kalamoon University in Syria.

7 Mar 2011

UH Ahuja Medical Center officially opens its doors to patients on March 2

University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center – the first new stand-alone hospital in Cuyahoga County in 30 years –officially opens its doors to patients on March 2.

2 Mar 2011

Study: 700,000 drug-related ED visits cost nearly $1.4 billion in 2007

Over the past decade, drug-related poisonings have been on the rise in the United States. In fact, in many states drug-related poisoning deaths have now surpassed motor vehicle crash fatalities to become the leading cause of injury death. While the fatalities from this epidemic have been well reported, they are only the tip of the iceberg.

2 Mar 2011

New CPR method improves long-term survival rates in patients with cardiac arrest by 50%

A five-year clinical trial led by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers has led to a new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation that improves long-term survival rates with good brain function by 50 percent.

1 Mar 2011

Scientists discover lead contamination in ceramic cookware sold in Philadelphia's Chinatown

Recently, a research team from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University discovered an alarming amount of lead contamination in ceramic cooking and eating utensils sold in Philadelphia's Chinatown.

1 Mar 2011

Norwegian study shows young children are able to learn and perform basic first aid

One of the reasons often given by people for not attempting first aid in emergency situations is a lack of confidence and a fear of doing more harm than good. Yet a Norwegian study on four and five year olds published in BioMed Central's open access journal Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine shows that even young children are able to learn and perform basic first aid.

28 Feb 2011

Emergency Medicine News and Research

First Edition: April 4, 2011

McKesson awards GW with two grants to study mobile-phone use in diabetic patients

Doctors who use iResus application perform better simulated cardiac arrest emergency

People living at high altitudes have lower chance of dying from heart disease

New studies demonstrate advantages of Masimo noninvasive and continuous measurements in ICUs

Wolters Kluwer Health offers free online resources to Japan for earthquake relief

New research: Trauma patients treated on weekends have greater chance of survival

Earthquake response could be improved through telemedicine

Intensive weekends: Higher death rates at ICUs over weekends

Hopkins experts: Taking potassium iodide could be harmful

New findings reveal abused women are frequent ER visitors for many health problems

ACEP, Poison Control Centers raise awareness about drug poisoning dangers

Centric Health 2010 revenue increases 70% to $62.5 million

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

Elsevier offers Arabic bilingual medical texts to major universities in the Middle East

UH Ahuja Medical Center officially opens its doors to patients on March 2

Study: 700,000 drug-related ED visits cost nearly $1.4 billion in 2007

New CPR method improves long-term survival rates in patients with cardiac arrest by 50%

Scientists discover lead contamination in ceramic cookware sold in Philadelphia's Chinatown

Norwegian study shows young children are able to learn and perform basic first aid

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