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Award presented for the poster Contact-Free Under the Mattress Monitoring for Early Recognition of End-of-Life in Med/Surg Units WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarlySense, the market leader in Proactive Patient Care Solutions(TM), announced today that the prize for 'Best Novel Idea' at the 8th Annual Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams International Conference, hosted this year in the UK by the Royal College of Physicians, was awarded to a...

Emergency medical practitioners train to respond to both adult and pediatric emergencies, and the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program specifically provides instruction, education and resources for quality care for the youngest patients. May 22 is recognized as Emergency Medical Services for Children Day. Versailles, Ky. (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Recent tragedies including the Oklahoma tornado, the Boston Marathon bombings and the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut all...

CALGARY, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Wait times in the Canadian healthcare system have been manufactured by out-of-date and technically corrupt approaches to capacity management and planning. That's the conclusion of "Full House", the feature article of the latest Six Sigma Forum, a peer reviewed publication of The American Society for Quality. "Every provincial jurisdiction in Canada has its own wait time creation myths," says author Robert Gerst of Converge Consulting Group. "In...

Western Connecticut Health Network Targeted for Expansion. DANBURY, Connecticut (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 A $50 million fundraising campaign for Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital was publically launched yesterday at a high-energy, multimedia event at the Candlewood Inn in Brookfield, Connecticut. John M. Murphy, MD, President and CEO of Western Connecticut Health Network, announced that to date $30 million has been raised in support of Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospitals....

ACEP: Emergency Physicians Save More Than Lives WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100616/DC22034LOGO-d) Hospital admissions from the ER increased by 17 percent over seven years, accounting for nearly all the...

Mistakes are often made that may jeopardize their claim for compensation by people after a motor vehicle accident; the personal injury firm d’Oliveira & Associates developed this simple informational graphic to inform the public what actions to take after an accident. (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 Minor fender benders and serious car accidents are common sights on the road that require parties to the accident to respond appropriately to the situation. According to Center for Disease Control...

Procedure Traditionally used during heart surgery and in the ICU may show promise as a rescue strategy for select cardiac arrest patients Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S. has been completed by...

Next Generation Medical Office Bridges the Gap Between Urgent Care Clinics and Hospital Emergency Rooms. Calabasas, California (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Dr. Cherlin Johnson announced the opening of the new Calabasas location of Executive ER medical clinics today. The original Executive ER in Beverly Hills first made waves when it opened six years ago with a revolutionary offering: easy access to board-certified Emergency Medicine doctors without the hospital wait. Dr. Johnson has significant...

Training being offered at professional baseball games, fitness centers, schools, shopping malls across the nation to make communities even safer GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 22, in observance of National Emergency Medical Services Week, American Medical Response (AMR) operations across the country will train thousands of people to save lives through chest compression-only CPR. Various sites have been selected including the Texas Rangers home game vs...

The Whambulance and Local Businesses Gather for Neighborhood Event Lewisville, TX (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 First Choice Emergency Room, the leading freestanding emergency room system in the United States, will host a street party at their Kingwood facility on Saturday, May 18th from 11am-2pm to celebrate the local community that the facility has served for the past year. During the event, the Whambulance will be parked outside the facility and attendees are welcome to take pictures with the...