Latest Intensive care medicine Stories
KIRKLAND, Wash., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The EvergreenHealth Foundation raised $1.2 million at this year's 12(th) annual gala to support families served by EvergreenHealth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with expanded space and innovative technology to care for critically ill and extremely premature infants during their vital first hour of life. More than 700 community leaders, leading physicians, and local executives joined together at the "Essence of the Sea" gala...
Masimo One of Two Companies (out of 300) to Win Two Awards at 31st Annual Industry-Leading Emergency Medical Services Event IRVINE, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that its iSpO2(TM) pulse oximeter for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and EMMA(TM) Emergency Capnometer earned JEMS Hot Product awards. Only two companies received dual Hot Product award honors at the EMS Today 2013 Conference & Exposition, the industry's leading emergency...
First At-Home Ventilation Device Cleared Specifically for COPD Designed to Reduce Hospital Readmissions SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One in five patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalized for acute exacerbations are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, but these readmissions may be avoided with the right at-home therapy, according to ResMed (NYSE: RMD), an innovator and pioneer in developing products for the treatment of...
Martha A.Q. Curley, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, receives AACN grant to further investigate tools to assess risk of developing pressure ulcers among pediatric patients ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently awarded a $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant to Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN, a leading clinical scientist in pediatric critical care nursing. Curley and her research team at the...
Meg Campbell, Wayne State University College of Nursing, receives AACN grant to investigate the impact of an algorithmic approach to ventilator withdrawal for patients at the end of life ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently awarded an AACN Impact Research Grant to Margaret "Meg" Campbell, RN, PhD, FAAN, a nationally known expert in hospital-based palliative care and end-of-life issues. Campbell and her...
SleepMapper helps sleep apnea patients enhance their therapy experience through personalized feedback and interactive tools MURRYSVILLE, Pa., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Respironics, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), today announces the launch of the SleepMapper self-management system, a robust mobile and web-based solution for patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that combines the components of feedback, education and...
NEW YORK and LONDON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rory Staunton Foundation and Global Sepsis Alliance today announced that they will unite to fight against sepsis, which claims 8-9 million lives annually. They aim to collaborate to create Global Sepsis awareness & mandates. On January 13th, as a result of the remarkable success of the efforts of the Rory Staunton Foundation New York Governor Cuomo made New York the first USA State, and among the first...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A small device in the payload of the space shuttle Atlantis that housed a set of biological samples was the target of a team of eager US Army researchers when the shuttle touched down at Cape Canaveral in the summer of 2011. The mission was the end of the shuttle program, but the beginning of two years of study on those samples. The team presented their results at the Experimental Biology 2013 conference this past week in Boston,...
Monitoring pain and providing analgesics to patients in intensive care units (ICUs) during non-surgical procedures, such as turning and washing, can not only reduce the amount of pain but also reduce the number of serious adverse events including cardiac arrest, finds new research in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. Although pain at rest is routinely noted, pain during procedures is less regularly reported and its effect on patients unknown. To assess this missing...
Expanded long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital will help further meet care needs of area residents. WILLINGBORO, NJ (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 Lourdes Specialty Hospital of Southern New Jersey, a hospital for seriously ill acute patients who require extended hospital stays before returning home, is expanding. Located on two floors of Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, the hospital more than doubled its capacity. This is the second phase of expansion for Lourdes Specialty Hospital,...
Latest Intensive care medicine Reference Libraries
Tracheal intubation (commonly known as intubation) is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea in order to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer oxygen or other drugs. It is commonly performed in emergency situations and critically ill or injured patients, but intubation is also used in patients who will be undergoing a lengthy surgery that requires them to be under anesthesia for a significant number of hours. In order to intubate,...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, also known as ECMO, is best described as long term life support occurring outside the patient’s body. It should be noted, however, that ECMO is temporary and typically lasts three to ten days on average. ECMO is a means of oxygenating blood without it having to circulate inside the body, and thus allows time for essential recovery of the heart and lungs. ECMO comes with many serious risks and is only used in severe cases of cardiac or respiratory failure...
Oxygen therapy is known as the administration of oxygen as a medical intervention. It is indicated in patients whose oxygen supply is compromised due to both acute and chronic health conditions and can be administered in many different ways. Oxygen therapy can be administered virtually wherever the patient is. Most commonly, oxygen is delivered to patients in an ambulance, hospital, or doctor’s office. These medical facilities carry oxygen in the form of a compressed gas. It is stored...
