Stroke Care
The SA国际传媒 stroke topic contains news, research analysis, training and takeaways on EMS stroke assessment and treatment of both ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.
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Nine interactive scenarios designed to enhance your understanding of seizures, strokes and common acute patient presentations
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To improve outcomes for stroke patients, Catholic Medical Center is partnering with local EMS providers to use video conferencing so a neurologist can evaluate patients
Funding for cardiac arrest is a fraction of what NIH spends to study other leading causes of death like diabetes, cancer and stroke
The award signifies that Maricopa Ambulance met the requirements for utilizing data to improve patient outcomes
The gym provides CPR and AED training and has a heightened concern about stroke because it has a number of older people who exercise at its branches
The study achieved 97 percent accuracy in the ability to find irregular heart activity
The results translate to 43 fewer heart attacks and strokes per 100,000 people
Ken Anderson, 49, a 23-year veteran, died March 11 after suffering a stroke
The study included 2,589 unique stroke cases and found that those activated by EMS were significantly more likely to receive treatment within 60 minutes of hospital arrival
The wrap aims to help raise community awareness for stroke and recognition of warning signs
A mobile stroke unit offers specially trained personnel and equipment which can provide remote diagnosis and evidence-based management to patients for definitive treatment
A Virginia comprehensive stroke center teams up with Norfolk Fire-Rescue department to improve stroke patient outcomes
The webinar will examine the algorithm and its impact on EMS and stroke systems of care
Impairment of language from stroke or other types of brain injury makes it difficult for patients to communicate
The AHA algorithm offers EMS providers a step-by-step guide to providing care for assessing and treating stroke
Research has shown that firefighters and EMTs face special risks of cardiac disease and stroke; here are 10 ways to lessen your risk
Dispatcher Robert King was unable to answer a call and told his colleague that he wasn鈥檛 joking
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Cruz Macias鈥� colleagues immediately recognized his symptoms and got an ambulance to transport him to a hospital
The ambulances will carry CT scanners, cameras for communicating with stroke neurologists and medication that can begin to dissolve clots and restore blood flow to the brain
As EMS technology and service models continue to evolve words, phrases or activities will become tradition
The unit is equipped with stroke-specific medications and a portable CT scanner
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