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Emergency physician Professor Paul Middleton says he’s sick of seeing patients turn up dead in emergency departments when a simple 15 minute CPR training session could have saved their lives. He’s founded a new charity Take Heart Australia to turn that statistic around and aims to deliver CPR training to every Australian and get a defibrillator installed on every street.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and colleagues of crew manager Lee Gaunt, 41, who was discovered at 4.40am at Stalybridge fire station on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead after they were unable to revive him.
Register now for our free webcast on November 10: Time lost is brain lost in acute stroke. Patients with emergency large vessel occlusions (LVOs) need to be identified and transported as rapidly as possible to a center capable of advanced care to optimize their outcomes. Implementation of the new 2015 AHA/ASA guidelines and utilization of innovative stent retriever technology can dramatically improve neurological outcomes for EMS patients who are properly assessed and get to the right facility quickly. Learn how to most effectively identify stroke in the field, initiate treatment and determine appropriate transport options.
A new survey suggests that just over half of people in the U.S. and England would know how to recognize a stroke and when to call an ambulance.
For all the fires that New York firefighters respond to, few involve a rescue, what’s called a “grab” in firefighter talk. What about a probie going to his very first fire and making a grab? Now that just doesn’t happen. But as soon as Jordan Sullivan saw the diaper, then felt the softness of the body, he knew it was a baby. He scooped him up.
From San Marino Firefighters' Association: "Few people know the complexity and multitude of tasks that occur during a medical emergency. This photo illustrates the job of each crew member during a typical cardiac arrest."
Under Mr. Schaitberger’s stewardship, the biennial fund-raising haul of the union’s political action committee, Firepac, has grown to nearly $18 million from just under $3 million, allowing him to play the role of power broker.
Chaos broke out at a zombie-themed street festival in downtown Fort Myers, Florida, after a shooting left one man dead and four other people wounded.
"If there's anything that this outbreak has taught me, it's that I'm often wrong," says Dr. Daniel Bausch. He's one of the world's leading experts on the Ebola virus — an infectious disease specialist at Tulane University and a senior consultant to the World Health Organization. And as he makes clear, he's still got a lot to learn.
Childhood illness caused Ryan Will to be in and out of hospitals starting when he was just 5 years old. Today, Ryan thrives as an EMT with AMR in Connecticut and a senior combat medic with the National Guard. From being airlifted at 5 years old to “..jumping out of planes on the weekends for fun” says his mom; this heartwarming comeback story is one you can’t miss.
With the AHA 2015 guidelines published, the message for bystanders to call 911 and continue pushing hard and fast remains loud and clear. Citizens (including children) and dispatch-directed CPR are keys to saving more lives. The survivors pictured all received therapeutic hypothermia in the VCU Health system Advanced Resuscitation Cooling and Intensive Care (ARCTIC) program. Have you read the guidelines yet? What are your questions? Post them below and we will address them in an upcoming podcast.
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