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As a prime example of Winco's commitment to improve their products, their recently reconfigured Stretchair line offers a new size and enhanced capacity to support safer patient handling and transfer protocols. The S550 Patient Transfer Stretchair features a powered vertical lift and recline operation that effortlessly converts to a lay flat, height-adjustable stretcher for safer patient transfer handling between surfaces of differing heights. Elberton, GA (PRWEB) January 11, 2013...

35 Blain's Farm and Fleet Stores Equipped with AEDs and More Than 200 Staff Trained To Respond to Cardiac Emergencies JANESVILLE, Wis., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the last six months, the trained teams of staff responders at Blain's Farm and Fleet retail stores located throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin have saved three lives using an automated external defibrillator (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Since 2007, 35 Blain's Farm and Fleet stores...

DENVER, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EMSC CEO William A Sanger today announced the departure of AMR president Mark Bruning. EMSC is the parent company of AMR, a provider of emergency medical transportation services. Sanger said Bruning will continue to serve as an adviser to the company. "Mark's breadth of knowledge of the industry, coupled with his sincere compassion for our patients, clients and employees are second to none," said Sanger. "He will remain with us in an advisory...

DUBLIN, Ohio, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Sarnova, Inc., the nation's leading specialty distributor of health care products in the emergency medical services (EMS) and acute care markets, announced today that it has acquired DXE Medical, Inc. ("DXE"). The acquisition extends the company's portfolio of resuscitation equipment, and expands its services into maintaining, repairing and recertifying EMS and acute care equipment. "As a market leader, we have been looking at new ways...

John Ansohn, DO, FAAFP, FACEP Welcomed to His New Role Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 First Choice Emergency Room, the leading freestanding emergency system in the United States, announced Dr. John Ansohn as the new DFW/Austin Medical Director. Dr. Ansohn joined First Choice Emergency Room in 2011. He has practiced emergency medicine for over 17 years, initially practicing full-time at Baylor Regional Medical Center, Grapevine. Dr. Ansohn has provided EMS direction and...

Acadian Ambulance has honored nine-year-old Saje Legendre with a Meritorious Service Award for his efforts in helping his family after a car crash. (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Acadian Ambulance has honored nine-year-old Saje Legendre with a Meritorious Service Award for his efforts in helping his family after a car crash. Acadian Ambulance often gets requests from patients to reunite with medics who helped them in traumatic situations. However, this time, it was the medics who requested to...

Acadian Ambulance medic Justin Tabor is trying to get the wishes of his 6-year-old patient fulfilled. (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Acadian Ambulance medic Justin Tabor is trying to get the wishes of his 6-year-old patient fulfilled. In August, Tabor and his partner transported Gavin Beard from Thibodaux Regional to Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. The hospital staff had given him coloring sheets, but he didn’t have any crayons and became upset, telling the medics he was “Captain...

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced today that the company's LifeSense(®) and RespSense(TM) capnography monitors now achieve globally recognized requirements for medical electrical equipment used while professionally transporting a patient outside of a healthcare facility.* These requirements are globally recognized by regulatory bodies. Not all capnographs meet these requirements. (Photo:...

Key Milestone for the Leading Freestanding Emergency Room System in the United States Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 First Choice Emergency Room, the largest and oldest freestanding emergency room system, today announced its 10th anniversary. First Choice Emergency Room has revolutionized the way people receive emergency treatment, serving as a neighborhood alternative should a medical emergency arise. “We are proud to be celebrating this key milestone as a pioneering...

The American Heart Association Recommends that Santa Clara County Residents Learn Hands Only CPR San Jose, CA (PRWEB) December 13, 2012 The use of hands only CPR is currently recognized by the American Heart Association as an acceptable alternative to regular CPR. Hands only CPR is recommended for use on adults, but conventional CPR is still preferred for children and infants, but even for this younger age group, administering hands only CPR is better than no CPR at all when needed. The...