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Screening tool can help identify child sex trafficking victims with high risk health complaints

An initial screening tool can be used effectively in a busy, inner city emergency department to identify child sex trafficking victims presenting with high risk health complaints.

20 Nov 2018

Hands-Only CPR training kiosks can teach life-saving skills in just minutes

Prompt action from a bystander can impact the likelihood a person survives cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital. One common and proven intervention that anyone can learn is Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

12 Nov 2018

Yelp reviews help understand strengths, weaknesses of emergency departments and urgent care centers

Yelp reviews reveal that emergency departments are viewed as being higher quality but lacking in service as compared to urgent care centers, which patients rate the opposite, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

12 Nov 2018

Study: Achieving high follow-up rates for violently injured patient population is feasible

Achieving high follow-up rates for a difficult-to-track violently injured emergency department population is feasible. That is the finding of a study to be published in the November 2018 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

9 Nov 2018

Penn and CHOP receive major grant to help curb distracted driving

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,450 drivers are killed each year from distracted driving. M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an associate fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a team from Penn and CHOP have received a major grant from the Federal Highway Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Transportation, to help curb distracted driving.

7 Nov 2018

Study finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at younger age than expected

There have been more and more cases confirming that repeated hits to the head have lifelong consequences for professional football players, but a new study by Orlando Health in collaboration with the Concussion Neuroimaging Consortium finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at a much younger age than expected.

2 Nov 2018

Teleflex wins 2018 Medical Design Excellence Award for Arrow AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, is proud to announce the Arrow AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, has been selected as the bronze winner in the cardiovascular device category of the 20th annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition.

29 Oct 2018

Study explores whether wearable patches could help patients to monitor blood pressure

Because only half of the people in the United States diagnosed with high blood pressure have their condition under control, an easy, cost-effective method to monitor blood pressure would be a significant advance to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.

25 Oct 2018

Research aims to address health disparities in African-American men

The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men compared with their white counterparts, including a higher prevalence of obesity and hypertension.

17 Oct 2018

Ketamine can be considered as alternative to opioids for short-term pain control in ED

Intravenous, low-dose ketamine is as effective as intravenous morphine in the control of acute pain in adults in the emergency department.

15 Oct 2018

Rhode Island Hospital, Brown receive $800,000 grant to keep up fight against opioid epidemic

Researchers from Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital have been at the forefront of battling the opioid epidemic in Rhode Island, and a new $800,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will help them to keep up the fight.

15 Oct 2018

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

A new nationally agreed standard of care released today (Thursday) aims to reduce the tens of thousands of Australian lives put at risk each year by largely preventable blood clots, which kill four times more people than road accidents.

12 Oct 2018

Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

A new analysis by researchers from Brown University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation has found that nonfatal injuries in the U.S. in the year 2013 cost more than $1.8 trillion.

8 Oct 2018

VA adding opioid antidote to defibrillator cabinets for quicker overdose response

It took more than 10 minutes for paramedics to arrive after a housekeeper found a man collapsed on the floor of a bathroom in a Boston Veteran Affairs building.

3 Oct 2018

Measure of ED threat perceptions could help identify patients at risk for cardiac-induced PTSD

A brief tool assessing emergency department threat perceptions has clinical utility for providers to identify patients at risk for developing cardiac-induced PTSD and is critical to inform research on whether threat may be modified in-ED to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) incidence.

3 Oct 2018

HEART Pathway protocol identifies ED patients with acute chest pain

A relatively new accelerated diagnostic protocol is effective in identifying emergency department patients with acute chest pain who can be safely sent home without being hospitalized or undergoing comprehensive cardiac testing, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

28 Sep 2018

Taken for a ride: After ATV crash, doctor gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

It was the first — and only — time Dr. Naveed Khan, a 35-year-old radiologist, ever rode in an all-terrain vehicle.

28 Sep 2018

Will Congress bring sky-high air ambulance bills down to earth?

Air ambulance rides are literal lifesavers. But how much should they cost? In the ongoing, crowdsourced "Bill of the Month" investigation, Kaiser Health News and NPR received more than a dozen bills from people around the country on the hook for medevac helicopter rides that ranged from $28,000 to $97,000.

28 Sep 2018

Novel therapy technique double rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients

A novel therapy technique invented by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has been shown in a pilot study to double the rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients, a leap forward in treating the nearly 800,000 Americans who suffer strokes each year.

27 Sep 2018

Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

Severe weather events, such as summer hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter snow storms often result in widespread and prolonged power outages, interrupting essential household functions, including home heating.

27 Sep 2018

Emergency Medicine News and Research

Screening tool can help identify child sex trafficking victims with high risk health complaints

Hands-Only CPR training kiosks can teach life-saving skills in just minutes

Yelp reviews help understand strengths, weaknesses of emergency departments and urgent care centers

Study: Achieving high follow-up rates for violently injured patient population is feasible

Penn and CHOP receive major grant to help curb distracted driving

Study finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at younger age than expected

Teleflex wins 2018 Medical Design Excellence Award for Arrow AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

Study explores whether wearable patches could help patients to monitor blood pressure

Research aims to address health disparities in African-American men

Ketamine can be considered as alternative to opioids for short-term pain control in ED

Rhode Island Hospital, Brown receive $800,000 grant to keep up fight against opioid epidemic

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

VA adding opioid antidote to defibrillator cabinets for quicker overdose response

Measure of ED threat perceptions could help identify patients at risk for cardiac-induced PTSD

HEART Pathway protocol identifies ED patients with acute chest pain

Taken for a ride: After ATV crash, doctor gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

Will Congress bring sky-high air ambulance bills down to earth?

Novel therapy technique double rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients

Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

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