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WAYNE, N.J., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET Medical Systems USA, a leader in extracorporeal life support (ECLS) systems, today announced that its CARDIOHELP System has been used successfully in 100 cases in patients whose heart and/or lungs are failing since the System was launched in the United States last year. "The completion of the 100th case using CARDIOHELP in the United States is a testament to the extreme versatility of the device and its remarkable ability to provide...

If Policymakers Continue To Take Emergency Care for Granted, It Eventually Will Not Be There At All WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Emergency care is not health insurance," according to Dr. David Seaberg, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), responding to a statement by Governor Mitt Romney on 60 Minutes last night about how uninsured patients get medical care in emergency rooms. (Logo:...

AfterOurs Urgent Care and Highlands Family Medicine have joined forces to provide patients throughout the Denver, Colorado area with access to acute healthcare during evenings, weekends and holidays. Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 20, 2012 AfterOurs Urgent Care and Highlands Family Medicine have joined forces to provide patients throughout the Denver, Colorado area with an improved level of access to acute healthcare during evenings, weekends and holidays. AfterOurs will co-locate their...

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedSpring Immediate Care, a leading provider of high-quality immediate health care, today announced their expansion into the Chicago market with the opening of two centers in December 2012. MedSpring's Chicago-area centers will be located in Naperville at the corner of Hobson Road and Naper Boulevard, and in Arlington Heights at West Dundee Road and North Ridge Avenue. This marks the announcement of MedSpring's twelfth and thirteenth centers,...

HOUSTON, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedSpring Urgent Care, a leading provider of high-quality urgent health care, today announced the opening of a new center, located at 1917 West Gray Street, two blocks east of the River Oaks Shopping Center. This marks the fourth MedSpring opening in the Houston area since March 2012. All MedSpring centers have doctors on-site from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays. MedSpring's River Oaks center joins three other...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients across North Carolina often spend more than four hours during an emergency room (ER) visit(1), at a total average cost of nearly $1,500 per visit.(2) Thousands of these patients visit ERs each year for non-emergency health concerns that can be effectively treated at urgent care clinics(3), at an average cost of $142.(2) That's why Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is making an investment to enable FastMed...

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have created a comic influenced by the Japanese manga style to help busy medical staff who treat patients suffering from bleeding. Professor Ian Roberts devised a storyline to highlight the latest research into the life-saving benefits of tranexamic acid (TXA) in a way which he hopes will appeal to doctors, nurses and paramedics on the front-line of medicine. The comic by professional artist Emma Vieceli and colorist...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It is well-known that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) saves lives. But knowing how long to continue the practice after a victim has stopped breathing may be key in the survival of the patient. New evidence suggests that continuing the emergency procedure for a short time longer than what most medical professionals attempt can significantly boost the odds of survival in some patients, according to a study published in The Lancet...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With recent attention focused on Hurricane Isaac and its impact on the Gulf Coast and the Republican National Convention, a Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) mobile hospital that "earned its stripes" treating victims of Hurricane Katrina will be deployed during the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte. Carolinas MED-1, a first-of-its-kind prototype mobile hospital, will be conveniently placed near...

DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today announced the corporate sponsors for the ENA Annual Conference to be held in San Diego, from September 11-15, 2012. This year's Strategic Sponsors are Stryker and Vidacare; the Strategic Supporters are Blue Jay Consulting and Hill-Rom; the Annual Conference Sponsor is FreemanWhite ED Design Team; and the Annual Conference Supporters are Gebauer Company, Nurses Service Organization...