News tagged with medical transport
Significant regional variations exist regarding proximity to burn centers
Although nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population lives within 2 hours by ground or helicopter transport to a verified burn center, there is substantial state and regional variation in geographic access to these centers, ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Keeping children safe: Rethinking design
Injury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of 1 in industrialized countries and improving the safety of the manmade (built) environment will benefit children's health, according to an article in CMAJ (Canad ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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1 in 20 patients experience critical event during urgent air-medical transport
During air-medical transport of acutely-ill patients, 1 in 20 experience a critical event such as death, major resuscitation or blood pressure deterioration according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Jo ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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