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Trauma induced coagulopathy (TIC) is now recognized as one of the major contributors to mortality in badly injured patients.

Article by: Dr. Hisham Ahmed Ben Lamin MD, MBBCH, PGDipECho (Australia) I was asked to talk about the pre-hospital and emergency facilities in Libya, which is really a difficult issue due to chaos situation present in this country. Libya…

The preparations for INTERSCHUTZ 2015, the international exhibition for fire prevention, disaster relief, rescue, safety and security, are well under way. Around 1,300 exhibitors from more than 40 countries will be presenting their products…

ILCOR Scientific Evidence Evaluation and Review System Questions Open for Public Comment Closing Date – February 28, 2015 Question page HERE Among adults who are in cardiac arrest outside of a hospital (P), does provision of chest…

Tachycardia simply means a faster heart rate than normal.  With the sinoatrial node, which is the heart's inborn pacemaker, the intrinsic rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute.  When the rate exceeds 100 beats per minute, tachycardia…

In 2002, a couple of years after he won the Olympic gold medal in wrestling, Rulon Gardner went snowmobiling in Wyoming. “I told myself it would be a short trip,” he told the Associated Press. “We were going to go out about three hours and…

Alicante, 24 February 2015 - Researchers at the University of Alicante Nursing Department have carried out a project to achieve successful endotracheal intubation in a moving ambulance. With the collaboration of ASV Transporte Sanitario…

ON ALIEM, By Michelle Lin, MD Traditionally in medical school, it is taught that lower extremity deep tendon reflexes for L4 and S1 nerve root levels can be elicited by tapping on the patella and Achilles tendons. It was just taught that …

Marisa Cuellar, News-Herald Media LOYAL — A 13-year-old Greenwood boy, Bailey Venet, is alive thanks to the help of good Samaritans from Granton, Greenwood and Loyal who rushed to resuscitate him after he collapsed on the Loyal High…

NOTE: Fourteen percent of NHS staff reported experiencing physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in the previous 12 months, down from 15% in 2013. Twenty eight percent of all staff report that they…