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17 Oct
What's the Best Clot-Buster Med After Stroke?

What's the Best Clot-Buster Med After Stroke?

An off-label clot-busting drug appears to work slightly better in treating stroke patients than an approved medication, a new review finds.

Emergencies / First AidHeart / Stroke-Related: Stroke
16 Oct
Biden Administration Uses Wartime Powers to Help Restart IV Fluid Plant in North Carolina

Biden Administration Uses Wartime Powers to Help Restart IV Fluid Plant in North Carolina

Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country's IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked the Defense Production Act to hasten rebuilding of the factory.

A nationwide shortage of IV fluids has only worsened since Hurri...

Emergencies / First AidHospitals
16 Oct
More Kids Having Seizures After Swallowing Rx Painkillers, Synthetic Pot

More Kids Having Seizures After Swallowing Rx Painkillers, Synthetic Pot

The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications or illicit drugs has doubled in recent years, a new study finds.

Drug poisonings among kids resulting in seizures increased from 1,418 in 2009 to 2,749 in 2023, steadily rising abou...

Emergencies / First AidMarijuanaSafety: Child
16 Oct
ERs See More Trauma Patients on Smog-Filled Days

ERs See More Trauma Patients on Smog-Filled Days

Accident victims tend to flood emergency rooms on days with heavy air pollution, a new study shows.

The number of patients treated at ERs increase by 10% to 15% on days with increased particle pollution in the air, researchers found.

That increase is driven by case...

Emergencies / First AidPollution, Air
15 Oct
Parents or Ambulance: How a Child Reaches an ER Could Matter

Parents or Ambulance: How a Child Reaches an ER Could Matter

It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room.

But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows.

Severely injured children brought to an ER by their parents...

ParentingEmergencies / First AidSafety: ChildInjuries
15 Oct
Homeless Americans' Death Rate Rises on Hot Days

Homeless Americans' Death Rate Rises on Hot Days

As temperatures soar in some of America's hottest spots, death rates among local homeless people rise as well, new research shows.

Data from 2015 through 2022 finds a big bump in deaths among unhoused people in Clark County in Nevada (which includes Las Vegas), and Los A...

Heat- / SunstrokeEmergencies / First Aid
14 Oct
Most ERs Not Fully Equipped to Treat Pediatric Patients

Most ERs Not Fully Equipped to Treat Pediatric Patients

New findings may worry many parents: Nearly 8 in 10 emergency rooms lack the supplies and training needed to treat pediatric patients, new U.S. research shows.

To be ready to address children’s emergencies, ERs need “key pediatric equipment and supplies,&rdqu...

Emergencies / First Aid
14 Oct
More Bystanders Are Using Naloxone to Save Folks From Overdose

More Bystanders Are Using Naloxone to Save Folks From Overdose

More bystanders are stepping in to administer naloxone to people who’ve overdosed on opioids, a new study shows.

Nearly 25,000 OD patients received naloxone from an untrained bystander before paramedics arrived, according to emergency medical services records from ...

Emergencies / First Aid
11 Oct
IV Fluid Plant in Florida Remains Functional After Milton

IV Fluid Plant in Florida Remains Functional After Milton

Facing a nationwide shortage of vital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant, officials heaved a sigh of relief at the news that a second plant in Daytona Beach, Fla., was spared by Hurricane Milton and remains functional.

Accordin...

Emergencies / First AidHospitals
10 Oct
U.S. Scrambles to Find Hospital IV Fluids After Helene Damages NC Plant

U.S. Scrambles to Find Hospital IV Fluids After Helene Damages NC Plant

After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S. hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching out internationally to help restore supply.

The situation could get even worse: As Hurricane Milto...

Emergencies / First AidHospitals
09 Oct
Florida Hospitals Brace for Hurricane Milton's Arrival

Florida Hospitals Brace for Hurricane Milton's Arrival

As Hurricane Milton barreled toward the west coast of Florida, hospitals in its path were making ready.

Milton is projected to make landfall a bit south of the Tampa area late Wednesday night. Long-term care facilities in counties where mandatory evacuations have been i...

Emergencies / First AidHospitalsWeather
09 Oct
Be Alert to Carbon Monoxide Dangers During, After Hurricane Milton

Be Alert to Carbon Monoxide Dangers During, After Hurricane Milton

High winds, torrential rain: All dangerous, but there's a silent killer lurking in the aftermath of hurricanes like Milton -- carbon monoxide.

Experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are warning of the potentially lethal effects of carbon monoxide (...

Emergencies / First AidWeather
08 Oct
AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms

AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms

AI isn’t ready to run a hospital’s emergency room just yet, a new study concludes.

ChatGPT likely would ask for unnecessary x-rays and antibiot...

Medical Technology: Misc.Emergencies / First AidHospitals
08 Oct
Epinephrine: Tips to the 'EpiPen' Ingredient and How It Treats Anaphylaxis

Epinephrine: Tips to the 'EpiPen' Ingredient and How It Treats Anaphylaxis

  • Todd A. Mahr, MD, Executive Medical Director, American College Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology HealthDay Reporter
  • October 8, 2024
  • Página completa

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) --- The recent approval of a new epinephrine nasal spray gives patients a p...

Emergencies / First Aid
04 Oct
Food Allergies Spur Serious Anxiety in Most of Those Affected, Survey Finds

Food Allergies Spur Serious Anxiety in Most of Those Affected, Survey Finds

The large majority of people with food allergy, and the caregivers of kids with such allergies, say the condition has led to psychological distress, a new study finds.

However, only about 1 in every 5 such people have ever been assessed and counseled on their anxieties, ...

Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.Emergencies / First AidAnxietyAllergies: Food
27 Sep
At Two Dallas Hospitals, Kids' ER Visits for Heat Illness Nearly Tripled Over Last Decade

At Two Dallas Hospitals, Kids' ER Visits for Heat Illness Nearly Tripled Over Last Decade

In a sign that climate change may be fueling heat illnesses in kids, a new study reveals that such visits to two Texas children's emergency rooms spiked 170% between 2012 and 2023.

Study leader

Heat- / SunstrokeEmergencies / First Aid
27 Sep
Grandma, the Family Dog: Unexpected Sources of Opioid Tragedies for Young Kids

Grandma, the Family Dog: Unexpected Sources of Opioid Tragedies for Young Kids

Grandma's pill organizer. Fido's pain medication. A tossed-away tissue.

All are potential sources of opioid poisoning for young children, researchers at the New Jersey Poison Control Center report.

Their five-year look at 230 cases of opioid exposure in children be...

ParentingEmergencies / First AidSafety: Child
27 Sep
One Gun Law Reduces School Shooting Deaths

One Gun Law Reduces School Shooting Deaths

Laws that ban assault weapons do indeed protect children from dying in mass shootings, but the same can't be said for more common types of gun restrictions and regulations, new research shows.

“Mass shootings are horrific events. We found that large capacity magazi...

Emergencies / First AidSafety: Child
25 Sep
988 Mental Health Crisis Calls Now Link to Caller Location, Not Area Code

988 Mental Health Crisis Calls Now Link to Caller Location, Not Area Code

In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have the technology to direct 988 callers to local mental health services based on their location instead of their area code.

Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.Emergencies / First AidAnxietyDepressionSuicide
23 Sep
Climate Change Could Triple U.S. Heat Deaths by Mid-Century

Climate Change Could Triple U.S. Heat Deaths by Mid-Century

If global warming is left largely unchecked, the number of Americans who succumb to extreme heat will triple by mid-century, new projections estimate.

These deaths could affect poor and minority Americans much more than the white and better-off, according to a team led b...

Heat- / SunstrokeEmergencies / First Aid
19 Sep
Stroke Kills 7 Million Worldwide Each Year, and Deaths Are Rising

Stroke Kills 7 Million Worldwide Each Year, and Deaths Are Rising

Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns.

Almost 12 million people worldwide had a stroke in 2021, up 70% since 1990, according to a team led by ...

Emergencies / First AidPollution, AirBlood PressureHeart / Stroke-Related: Stroke
12 Sep
Black Stroke Patients More Likely to Arrive Late at Hospital, Without Prior ER Notification

Black Stroke Patients More Likely to Arrive Late at Hospital, Without Prior ER Notification

Black stroke victims are arriving at emergency rooms much later than white patients, greatly increasing their risk of death or lifelong disability, a new...

Emergencies / First AidHeart / Stroke-Related: Stroke
30 Aug
Rural Hospitals Especially Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks

Rural Hospitals Especially Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks

Rural hospitals – and their patients -- are particularly vulnerable to the aftershocks caused by ransomware attacks, a new study reports.

“Ransomware attacks are bad news for hospitals and pa...

Emergencies / First AidHospitals
28 Aug
Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises

Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises

Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found.

About 11% of patients admitted to intensive cardiac care units have been using recreational drugs, said researcher

Heart / Stroke-Related: Heart AttackDrug AbuseEmergencies / First AidHeart / Stroke-Related: StrokeCocaineMethamphetamine
26 Aug
Most Americans Unsure How to Help Someone in Opioid Overdose

Most Americans Unsure How to Help Someone in Opioid Overdose

The U.S. opioid epidemic has caused a startling number of overdose deaths, but a new survey shows that most Americans still have no idea how to help an OD victim.

More than 3 in 4 people (77%) said they would not know how to respond if they saw someone having an overdose...

Drug AbuseEmergencies / First Aid
20 Aug
Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest

Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest

The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows.

Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs by blocking the ability of opioids to bind with receptors in the brain, researchers said in backg...

Emergencies / First Aid
14 Aug
Implant Automatically Releases Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose

Implant Automatically Releases Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose

A new implant could help prevent overdose deaths by automatically administering the OD-reversing drug naloxone, a new study shows.

The implant, about the size of a stick of gum, is placed under the skin, where it monitors vital signs like heart rate and breathing, resear...

Emergencies / First AidDrug Safety
14 Aug
Child ER Visits Linked to Water Beads Doubled in One Year

Child ER Visits Linked to Water Beads Doubled in One Year

Child safety experts have warned about the sometimes lethal dangers of toy water beads.

Now, a report finds a doubling in just one year of U.S. pediatric ER visits linked to the products.

“The number of pediatric water bead-related emergency department visit...

Emergencies / First AidSafety: Child
13 Aug
As Heat Waves Hit U.S., Poll Finds Most Can't Locate Local Cooling Station

As Heat Waves Hit U.S., Poll Finds Most Can't Locate Local Cooling Station

It's been a sweltering summer for much of the United States, and a new poll finds many people can recognize the signs of heat sickness if it strikes them or someone else.

However, many more don’t know crucial information that could help them during a heatwave, suc...

Heat- / SunstrokeEmergencies / First Aid
09 Aug
FDA Approves First Nasal Spray to Curb Anaphylaxis, An Alternative to Injections

FDA Approves First Nasal Spray to Curb Anaphylaxis, An Alternative to Injections

Folks nervous about administering a rescue shot for anaphylaxis finally have a new alternative in a nasal spray.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it has approved neffy, the first non-injected treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions...

Emergencies / First AidAllergies: Misc.Anaphylactic Shock
07 Aug
Red Cross Issues Blood Shortage Alert as Summer Heat Cuts Donations

Red Cross Issues Blood Shortage Alert as Summer Heat Cuts Donations

This summer's blistering temperatures have helped prompt an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned.

Heat waves affected almost 100 blood drives last month, either by hurting turnout or forcing the events to be canceled. Since July 1, the nationa...

Emergencies / First Aid
07 Aug
Bystander CPR More Likely to Save Your Life If You're White and Male: Study

Bystander CPR More Likely to Save Your Life If You're White and Male: Study

Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found.

Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander CPR than women, researchers found.

“CPR saves lives -- that...

Emergencies / First AidCPR
26 Jul
Fake Oxycontin Pills Widespread and Potentially Deadly: Report

Fake Oxycontin Pills Widespread and Potentially Deadly: Report

The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns.

Medical toxicology data from one unnamed hospital in the western U.S. found the number of c...

Drug AbuseEmergencies / First AidPoisonsAddiction
26 Jul
Your Odds for Accidental Gun Death Rise Greatly in Certain States

Your Odds for Accidental Gun Death Rise Greatly in Certain States

Americans' risk of dying in a firearm accident depends in large part on where they live in the United States, a new study finds.

People in Southeastern states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama run the greatest risk of a gunshot accidentally killing them, researcher...

Emergencies / First AidInjuries
24 Jul
Risk of Mental Illness Rises for Kids Treated in ICUs

Risk of Mental Illness Rises for Kids Treated in ICUs

Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.

Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness as they grow ...

Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.Emergencies / First AidAnxietyHospitals
23 Jul
U.S. Injuries From Electric Bikes, Scooters Are Soaring

U.S. Injuries From Electric Bikes, Scooters Are Soaring

More and more Americans who use "micromobility" transport, such as electric bikes and e-scooters, are motoring their way straight into the ER, new data shows.

In fact, the rate of e-bike injuries among Americans doubled each year between 2017 and 2022, reportED a team l...

Emergencies / First AidTravel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
23 Jul
Extra Money Keeps Poorer Americans Out of the ER, Study Finds

Extra Money Keeps Poorer Americans Out of the ER, Study Finds

It's a simple strategy that could deliver powerful health dividends: New research shows that giving cash to poor people could help them stay out of the ER.

In the study, investigators followed nearly 2,900 low-income people who applied for a lottery in the Boston area. A...

Emergencies / First Aid
17 Jul
Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests

Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests

Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.

Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.Emergencies / First AidAnxietyDepressionSuicide
25 Jun
U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Emergency

U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Emergency

Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.

"Today, for the first time in the history of our office, I am issuing a Surgeon General's Advisory on firearm violence. It outlines the urgent threat ...

Emergencies / First AidInjuries
25 Jun
U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Decline for First Time Since Pandemic

U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Decline for First Time Since Pandemic

For the first time since the pandemic, it got a little safer to cross America's streets in 2023, new statistics show.

According to data released Monday from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,318 ...

Emergencies / First AidInjuriesTravel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
21 Jun
U.S. Gun Injury Rates in 2023 Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels

U.S. Gun Injury Rates in 2023 Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels

For the fourth year in a row, rates of gun injuries stayed above levels seen before the pandemic, a new government report shows.

Race played a key role in who saw those higher rates of gun violence in 2023, the researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

Emergencies / First Aid
19 Jun
Smartphone Face-Screening Tool Could Help Paramedics Spot Stroke

Smartphone Face-Screening Tool Could Help Paramedics Spot Stroke

A new smartphone tool could help paramedics identify a stroke in seconds by scanning the patient's face.

The AI-driven tool analyzes facial symmetry and specific muscle movements to detect subtle signs of

NeurologyEmergencies / First AidHeart / Stroke-Related: Stroke
18 Jun
High Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some From Lifesaving Opioid Antidote

High Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some From Lifesaving Opioid Antidote

Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds.

Naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) is a critical lifesaving tool in preventing deaths from opioid over...

Emergencies / First Aid
18 Jun
Pandemic-Era Tax Credits Made Healthcare More Affordable, But They're Set to Expire

Pandemic-Era Tax Credits Made Healthcare More Affordable, But They're Set to Expire

In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report found.

Trouble is, the credits are set to expire at the end of 2025, noted a research team from the n...

Emergencies / First Aid
06 Jun
Calls to U.S. Poison Control Centers Are Becoming More Severe

Calls to U.S. Poison Control Centers Are Becoming More Severe

America's poison control centers are increasingly fielding calls on cases of deliberate or accidental poisonings that end in disability or death, a new report finds.

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System reviewed more than 33.7 million poison exposures ...

Drug AbuseEmergencies / First AidPoisons
05 Jun
Too Many Teens Are Driving Drowsy

Too Many Teens Are Driving Drowsy

Teens on the verge of falling asleep behind the wheel is a common threat to public safety on U.S. roadways, a new study reports.

About 1 in 6 teenage drivers say they've driven while drowsy, according to a National Sleep Foundation study presented Wednesday at the annual...

Adolescents / TeensEmergencies / First AidTravel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
31 May
1 in 8 Older Americans Are Stricken With Traumatic Head Injury

1 in 8 Older Americans Are Stricken With Traumatic Head Injury

About one in eight U.S. seniors will be treated for a traumatic brain injury, typically during a fall, a new study finds.

Medicare data shows that about 13% of seniors suffer...

Emergencies / First AidAging: Misc.Head InjuriesConcussions
31 May
U.S. Deaths Linked to ATVs Rose by a Third in One Year

U.S. Deaths Linked to ATVs Rose by a Third in One Year

In just one year, U.S. deaths linked to the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) jumped by a third, according to the latest

ParentingEmergencies / First AidSafety: ChildTravel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
31 May
Amsterdam's 'Psychiatric Ambulance' Could Be Advance For Those in Mental Health Crisis

Amsterdam's 'Psychiatric Ambulance' Could Be Advance For Those in Mental Health Crisis

Ambulances meant for people having a mental health crisis could help folks get the care they need with less confrontation and friction, a new...

Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.Emergencies / First AidSuicideBipolar Affective DisorderSchizophrenia
23 May
Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young

Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young

The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows.

That was true even among the young: The rate of stroke jumped 14.6% among people ages 18 to 44 during the study period, researchers from ...

Emergencies / First AidBlood PressureHeart / Stroke-Related: Stroke