Daily Cannabis Use Linked to Syndrome, Hospitalizations
A condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome can occur in people who are long-term regular consumers of cannabis.
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Daily Cannabis Use Linked to Syndrome, Hospitalizations
A condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome can occur in people who are long-term regular consumers of cannabis.
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Philips Sells Emergency Care Business
Royal Philips has signed an agreement to sell its Emergency Care business — which includes AEDs, advanced life support defibrillators, and prehospital monitoring solutions — to Bridgefield Capital.
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New First Aid Guidelines Address Opioid Overdose, Oxygen Administration, and More
The American Heart Association and the American Red Cross have issued the 2024 first aid guidelines, the first major update since 2010.
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Verathon Debuts First Video Laryngoscope Made with Bio-based Plastics
Verathon has launched the Spectrum QC eco, the first single-use video laryngoscope made with bio-based plastics, according to the company.
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$100M Funding to Boost Rollout of FDA-Cleared Sepsis Test
The funding will accelerate the rollout of a rapid diagnostic test that helps emergency departments quickly identify and treat sepsis.
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Dynarex Launches New Emergency Product Lines: DynaSafety and Code Blue Care
Dynarex Corp has launched DynaSafety and Code Blue Care, emergency medical products designed to meet the rigorous demands of emergency response and safety needs.
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Greater Success of First-pass Intubation with Video Laryngoscopy
A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine says video laryngoscopy is superior to direct laryngoscopy in successful first-pass intubation attempts across staff experience levels in the ICU and emergency department.
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Using AI Helped Predict Sepsis, Reduced Mortality
An AI algorithm used in emergency departments at UC San Diego Health allowed clinicians to quickly predict sepsis infection in high-risk patients and reduce mortality, according to a new study, published in npj Digital Medicine.
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RT 2023 August-September: The Digital Edition
In RT’s August-September 2023 issue, we provide an update on the most commonly prescribed pharmacological therapies for respiratory disorders like COPD and asthma; use of CFTR modulators for cystic fibrosis; And ICU/ED aerosol delivery protocols for asthma.
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Emergency Departments Have Similar Survival Rates to Cardiac Arrest Centers
Among resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, 30-day survival rates were similar for those taken to a cardiac arrest center compared to those delivered to the geographically-closest emergency department.
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Bias May Affect Testing for Pulmonary Embolism
ED patients with congestive heart failure and dyspnea are less likely to be tested for pulmonary embolism when their ED forms specifically mention CHF instead of “shortness of breath.”
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ED Use of Buprenorphine Safe, Effective for Fentanyl Users
Results from a multi-site clinical trial showed that less than 1% of people with opioid use disorder whose drug use includes fentanyl experienced withdrawal when starting buprenorphine in the emergency department.
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RT 2023 January-February: The Digital Edition
In RT’s January-February 2023 issue, RTs offer 5 tips for measuring spirometry and 8 considerations for delivering oxygen therapy to COPD patients; airway clearance options for bronchiectasis; and cylinder-free solutions for nitric oxide delivery.
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Pediatric Readiness Standards Improve ED Survival
More than 1,400 children’s deaths may have been prevented if hospital emergency departments had adopted national pediatric care readiness standards as laid out by the National Pediatric Readiness Project.
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86.4% of Infants with Anaphylaxis Appropriately Received Epinephrine
Only 10% of infants aged 0-24 months who presented to the emergency department for anaphylaxis required hospitalization, due in part to effective ED/prehospital epinephrine administration.
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Telehealth Follow-up Tied to Increased ED Returns, Hospitalizations
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an ED visit were associated with 28 more repeat ED encounters and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1000 patients compared with in-person follow-ups, UCLA research suggests.
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Restrictive Oxygenation Not Harmful After Cardiac Arrest
A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not worsen survival or neurological outcome compared with a liberal target, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.
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Basic CPR Training in Schools, Communities Essential to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
Basic CPR training in schools and communities is essential to improve survival from cardiac arrest, according to European Society of Cardiology Guidelines that call for more AEDs in public places.
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PPE Highly Effective at Protecting Emergency Department Workers from COVID
Proper PPE use, including masks, gloves, and protective gowns, helped keep emergency healthcare workers shielded from infection while caring for patients.
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Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages
Scores of hospitals across the U.S. have looked abroad to ease a shortage of nurses worsened by the pandemic.
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Rural Emergency Departments Save Lives at Similar Rate as Urban ERs
Patients treated at rural emergency departments have similar outcomes to those receiving care at urban ERs for several important emergency conditions, including stroke and heart attack.
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How Healthcare Workers Stay Safe During CPR and Resuscitation Training
When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit in March of 2020, large medical facilities reinvented the way they deliver critical care training, and ushered in new tools to the frontlines against COVID-19.
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Mobile Stroke Units Improved Patient Outcomes
Ischemic stroke patients treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received anti-clot medication faster and ended up with less disability at 90 days, according to NEJM research.
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Better Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Outcomes When Using Bystander CPR with Rescue Breaths
Compared to compression-only bystander CPR, pediatric cardiac arrest victims who received BCPR with rescue breaths were nearly 1.5 times as likely to have better neurological outcomes.
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