Latest Medical emergencies Stories
LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The unprecedented spread of meningitis associated with steroid injections manufactured by an unregulated compound pharmacy is having dire consequences that can be expected to get worse before the contaminated supply is depleted. Nationwide more than 100 have contacted fungal meningitis with eight dead and more than 17,000 exposed. In Michigan alone there are more than 20 cases of meningitis cases related to steroid injections with two...
Arizona Arrhythmia Consultants Investigators for only Implantable Heart Defibrillator System that is entirely placed Under the Skin, Without any Direct Contact with the Heart gets FDA Approval fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements 9/28/2012 Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Bloomberg, FDA, The Washington Post Scottsdale, Arizona (PRWEB) October 09, 2012 Drs. Thomas Mattioni and David Riggio, clinical investigators in Arizona of the novel Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator...
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The D'Arcy Johnson Day law firm is investigating a link between spinal injections of methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid used to treat back pain, and a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 119 patients in 10 states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis, and 11 have died from the disease as of this afternoon. All of the affected...
Attorney Ben Cochran of Hardison & Cochran, Attorneys at Law, points out that North Carolina is one of nine states where the CDC reports meningitis cases linked to a Massachusetts pharmacy’s recalled steroid shots. Raleigh, N.C. (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 With at least two cases of fungal meningitis in North Carolina linked to a contaminated supply of steroid injections, Raleigh dangerous drug lawyer Ben Cochran urged any back pain patients recently treated with steroid shots to...
ROME, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR) is pleased to announce the results of a study, presented today at the 20(th) FIGO World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which demonstrate that a simple blood test measuring placental growth factor (PlGF) can help to quantify risk in women when pre-eclampsia is first suspected. The level of PlGF in blood is already known to be an important marker for placental and foetal wellbeing as well as the placenta's ability to...
BOSTON, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid increasing concern over reports of several meningitis-related deaths from the use of a steroid drug distributed by New England Compounding Center, a Framingham, Massachusetts based pharmacy, Attorney Michael S. Appel at Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen is actively looking into potential claims of individuals who have been harmed by the contaminated drug. Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, a leading Boston-based trial firm, is...
No Related Illnesses Identified in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health is working closely with two pain clinics to identify and contact patients who received a medication linked to cases of an unusual type of fungal meningitis in several other states. The two clinics involved are Allegheny Pain Management in Altoona, as well as South Hills Pain and Rehab Associates, with locations in Jefferson Hills, Bethel Park, Monessen...
In honor of Adhesion Related Disorders Awareness Month, Clear Passage Physical Therapy is launching the “Sharing Is Caring” giveaway and social media awareness campaign. Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) October 02, 2012 In honor of Adhesion Related Disorder Awareness Month (September), the online community is asked to share an inspirational video of stories and testimonials about a hands-on therapy that can serve as a relatively inexpensive surgery alternative for people with adhesions. Clear...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a study published in the journal JAMA, the use of beta-blockers was not associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events. Scientists conducted the study to evaluate the association between beta-blocker use and long-term cardiovascular outcomes. The study included data form patients in the REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry. This registry included 44,708 patients who met the...
NATICK, Mass., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/55216-boston-scientific-fda-approval-s-icd-system-sudden-cardiac-arrest The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) regulatory approval for its S-ICD(®) System, the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) for the treatment of patients at...
Latest Medical emergencies 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...
The precordial thump is an application of mechanical energy through a calculated strike to the torso when in a specific fatal heart rhythm. This procedure is used in very specific circumstances by highly trained health professionals with ACLS certifications. The Procedure While in the presence of a patient that is suffering a potentially fatal heart rhythm, a medical provider can strike a calculated point on the sternum to disrupt that rhythm. The energy transferred by the provider is...
Taking a patient's temperature is an initial part of a full clinical examination. The moment the medical provider comes within inches of the patient’s skin, they can tell if there is a change in the patient’s temperature. Heat radiates from a febrile patient, skin becomes clammy when cardiac output is reduced, and cold skin can be an ominous sign when combined with other negative findings. Temperature is an important indicator for patient status. How the Temperature is Attained...
