Latest St. Louis Children's Hospital Stories
--Teaching Tool Could Improve Emergency Training Worldwide-- PHILADELPHIA, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New, low-tech teaching techniques used by novice instructors may improve training for healthcare providers in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on children who suffer cardiac arrest. Researchers in a large multicenter study say their findings hold the potential to standardize and upgrade life support training by hundreds of thousands of instructors around...
CINCINNATI, April 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- David Broza visited with young Israeli patients and their families on Sunday, April 21 at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati Children's is one of the leading pediatric medical centers in the United States in providing care for the rarest and most complex pediatric disorders. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130421/DC98515 ) Cincinnati Children's also collaborates with leading pediatric clinical,...
Children's Cancer Network, Phoenix Children's Hospital beneficiaries of third annual race PHOENIX, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University's third annual Run to Fight Children's Cancer raised $104,000, bringing the total proceeds from the past three races to nearly $200,000 to help local families grappling with cancer. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/LA97355) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) The funds were awarded to the...
Study suggests better outcomes due to investments in nursing and innovation, fostered by magnet credentialing process Lower mortality and other improved patient outcomes achieved at designated "Magnet hospitals" are explained partly—but not completely—by better nurse staffing, education, and work environment, reports a study in the May issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. "Magnet hospitals have lower...
Humble baby camp becomes one of the top children's hospitals in the nation DALLAS, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In April 1913, a group of visionary and courageous nurses, led by May Forster Smith, erected four donated tents to found the Dallas Baby Camp. The first in the southwest, the camp was formed when infectious disease was killing area children at an alarming rate of up to 15 each day. Treated as little adults, the specialty of pediatrics had yet to be formed. (Photo:...
Six-story facility features expanded pediatric ER, ICU and 50 single-bed rooms NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of supporters of Cohen Children's Medical Center recently celebrated the upcoming opening of a new $130 million pavilion that will house the region's largest, dedicated pediatric emergency department and 50 additional beds, further enhancing the hospital's reputation as the leading provider of children's health services in the...
Installation Is Part of the Organization-Wide Conversion to Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry and Use of rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) for Advanced Patient Monitoring KNOXVILLE, Tenn. and IRVINE, Calif., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- East Tennessee Children's Hospital, one of four hospitals in Tennessee to be certified as a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center, and Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that the hospital has deployed Masimo Patient SafetyNet(TM), clinically shown to...
Focuses on female-specific treatment for injury prevention, exercise habits and hormonal balance BOSTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boston Children's Hospital announces the Female Athlete Program, co-directed by Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH and Martha Murray, MD, both of the Sports Medicine Division. One of the only programs in the country of its kind, the Female Athlete Program combines sports medicine specialties to help pediatric and adult female athletes stay as healthy...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 3,000 people joined the Alexian Brothers and leaders of Alexian Brothers Health System (ABHS) to celebrate the upcoming opening of Alexian Brothers Women & Children's Hospital during an eight-day series of events at the Hoffman Estates facility. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130321/CG81371-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130321/CG81371-b) (Photo:...
AKRON, Ohio, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A sad but universal truth is that children, no matter where they live in the world, are always at risk for injury. A March 21 GlobalCastMD trauma symposium - an interactive television show produced at Akron Children's Hospital and streamed through the Internet - will bring together upwards of 800 physicians to share ideas on how to best treat injured children, with a strong focus on hospital preparedness for mass casualties. "The...
