RevMedx, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the use of the XSTAT 30 wound dressing in both battlefield and civilian trauma settings. The clearance expands the device's indication from use by the military only to use in adults and adolescents in the general population. www.emsworld.com/12147852
“RapidSOS determines the precise location of the smartphone caller and transmits it instantly to the right 9-1-1 PSAP, while establishing a robust voice connection,” says Reinhard Ekl, RapidSOS’ 9-1-1 Director, who has formerly worked as a paramedic in Austria. “Additional information such as type of emergency, relevant medical conditions and demographic information is also sent to dispatchers.”
Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nurse Practitioner Response Unit (NPRU) launch.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday announced the unveiling of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nurse Practitioner Response Unit (NPRU), the latest innovation to gro...
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Yves Delphin, an information technology worker at New Jersey City University, joined Jersey City's new community-based pre-ambulance volunteer medical emergency program. Last Friday, Delphin received and responded to a call about a man on his school's campus who was having respiratory issues. It was the program's first call and response, and thanks to Delphin's actions, the man was successfully cared for before an ambulance arrived.
Thirty-four firefighters have filed a lawsuit against six companies.
The newly formed U.S. HeartRescue Consortium expects to include 17 new states by 2019. Maryland, Utah and Michigan have already joined. Work will continue in original partner states Arizona, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington, as well as in communities served by American Medical Response. Partner states hope to collectively improve survival rates in new states by 25 percent in four years.
The proposal would make it a felony to interfere with emergency personnel even if that interference doesn't reach the level of an assault.
Even Captain America needs a role model to look up to! Photo by Lauralee Veitch.
The state’s only academic hospital has remote connections with 165 sites, providing specialized services to some of the state’s most far-flung, medically deprived cities and towns. Mississippi’s telemedicine program, ranked among the seven best in the country, has inspired neighboring Arkansas to take bigger steps in some areas of the field, and the impact of its success is making waves in Washington as well.
What are you looking for in an employee? Wisdom? Honesty? Technical proficiency? It’s pretty hard to judge those qualities in a person sitting across from you for 15 minutes.
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