Latest Emergency medicine Stories
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency department waste thousands of hours of physician time, given that most requests for authorization are ultimately granted. A letter to be published in the May issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine argues that pre-authorization process is akin to health care "rationing by hassle factor" ("Insurance Prior...
Investigating feasibility of NSI-189 trial to treat cognitive and psychiatric impairment from traumatic brain injury ROCKVILLE, Md., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that it is working with the National Football League Alumni Association (NFLAA), based in Newark, NJ, to develop a trial for treating NFL alumni members suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI), with NSI-189, the lead compound in the company's neurogenic drug platform....
COLUMBIA, Md., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ACell MatriStem® medical devices were featured in a peer-reviewed article, "Porcine Urinary Bladder matrix: a Retrospective Study and Establishment of Protocol," published in the October, 2012 issue of the Journal of Wound Care (www.journalofwoundcare.com). Analysis showed a decrease in mean closure time after application of MatriStem in wounds that had received previous applications of other advanced wound care products. All wounds...
Derma Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that Ed Quilty, President & CEO of Derma Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCI) will be presenting at the Taglich Brothers 10th Annual Small Cap Equity Conference May 7, 2013. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 22, 2013 Derma Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that Ed Quilty, President & CEO of Derma Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCI) will be presenting at the Taglich Brothers 10th Annual Small Cap Equity Conference May 7, 2013. The Conference will take...
Recently, the Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts personal injury law firm d’Oliveira & Associates released a new informational graphic regarding up-to-date statistics and causes of traumatic brain injuries. (PRWEB) April 22, 2013 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that, while Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) can range from mild to severe, nearly 1.7 million Americans suffer one each year and a contributing factor to over 30% of all injury-related...
Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, Leading Biotoxin Illness Specialist, Congratulates Dr. Mary Ackerley On Her Achievement, and Continues to Train Physicians In The Shoemaker Protocol, the Leading Treatment in the Fight Against Mold Sickness. Pocomoke, MD (PRWEB) April 19, 2013 Continuing his quest to build a nationwide network of certified physicians able to effectively treat patients suffering from mold illness and other immune related sickness, Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker announced recently that a...
Leading hospitalist organization presents "Engaging Physicians in Patient Experience Improvement" TACOMA, Wash., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, will be presenting at the American College of Physician Executives 2013 Annual Meeting.Dr. Mark Rudolph, VP of Patient Experience and Physician Development at Sound...
Aggressive Growth Plan Makes AFC the Nation's Second Largest Private Urgent Care Operator BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Family Care (AFC), one of the largest and most established operators of urgent care and accessible primary care facilities in the country, continues its aggressive growth plan with the acquisition of Doctors Express (DRX), the largest national urgent care franchise. The acquisition became effective on Monday, April 15, 2013. With the DRX...
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that CEO and President, Richard Garr, will take part in a comprehensive Bio Maryland panel, introduced by Lt. Governor, Anthony Brown, on Maryland's leadership in traumatic brain injury prevention, diagnosis and treatment at the BIO International Convention in Chicago, Ill., on April 24. Mr. Garr's panel, from 2:30 - 3:30, will discuss "Treatment--What's Working and What is Under Development." He...
In collaboration with CoolHaus Food Truck and Majic 95.5. Lewisville, TX (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 First Choice Emergency Room invites the local community to their Austin Arboretum facility on April 20th to enjoy gourmet ice cream sandwiches from CoolHaus as well as win concert tickets to Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift from Majic 95.5. Attendees will also have the chance to take a quick tour of the facility and spend time with First Choice ER’s physicians, nurses, radiology techs and...
Latest Emergency medicine Reference Libraries
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure performed in an effort to preserve brain function and manually pump blood through to the body’s vital organs, until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous circulation. CPR is indicated in cardiac arrest patients, but may also be performed on patients with an unresponsive presentation or those experiencing agonal breaths or severe and prolonged arrhythmias such as bradycardia or tachycardia. The first...
William Fisher is American physician and a former NASA Astronaut. He was born William Frederick Fisher on April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in North Syracuse, New York in 1964. He continued on to attend Standford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences in 1968. The following two years, Fisher worked on graduate studies in Microbiology and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Florida in 1975....
The Annals of Emergency Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). It is a peer-reviewed medical journal founded in 1968 and published by Elsevier on behalf of the ACEP. The journal publishes original research, clinical reports, opinion, and educational information related to the practice, teaching, and research of emergency medicine. In addition to general emergency medicine topics, Annals of Emergency Medicine regularly publishes articles on...
