Emergency Medicine

Turf wars - lawnmowing 'lands thousands in hospital'

Slow and steady is the safest way to mow, say experts Using a ride-on mower to cut the grass might save energy but they land thousands of people in hospital every year, experts have warned. Over five years some 66,000 Americans...

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Imaging Findings in a Fatal Case of Pandemic Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1)

OBJECTIVE. Although most cases of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) have been self-limited, fatal cases raise questions about virulence and radiology's role in early detection. We describe the radiographic and CT...

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Study examines temporal association between media coverage and opioid-related deaths

Increases in deaths from opioid drugs such as OxyContin may be linked to the volume of coverage such deaths receive in the news, according to a study from Children's Hospital Boston and the University of North Carolina (UNC),...

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Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Evan Liu Appointed to Pennsylvania Bar Association Minority Ba

Attorney Evan Y. Liu, M.D., J.D. of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Bar Association's (PBA) Minority Bar Committee....

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UpToDate Adds Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Content

UpToDate , a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announces the addition of a new specialty, Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, to its clinical information database. UpToDate is available on the Web and via desktop/laptop...

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Dual Heart Tests Best for Young Athletes

Nov. 18, 2009 (Orlando) -- "The chance of finding an abnormality is rare, but if it is missed, the consequences are catastrophic," says Theodore Abraham, MD, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of...

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Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and Richmond Ambulance Authority Partnership...

ZOLL Products Contribute to Significant Improvement ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL) announced today that in a "Best Original Resuscitation Science” presentation at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation...

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Bird Flu Epidemiology: Study results from B. Adini and colleagues in the area of bird flu...

A report, 'Relationship between equipment and infrastructure for pandemic influenza and performance in an avian flu drill,' is newly published data in Emergency Medicine Journal. "Effective preparedness for pandemic influenza...

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American Hospital Dubai expands to meet regional and international patient demand

The American Hospital Dubai continues to attract patients from the region and beyond and is expanding its Dubai campus to support the development of the emirate as an international healthcare destination for healthcare...

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48-hour waits for hospital beds

PATIENTS have waited more than two days in emergency departments, results to be released today show. Professor Drew Richardson from the Australian National University does "snapshots" of emergency departments on behalf of the...

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