http://www.emsresponder.com Emergency Medical Services Responder en-us Copyright 2008 Cygnus Business Media Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:48 -0500 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:48 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com Emergency Medical Services Responder http://www.emsresponder.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Smart-Card-Speeds-Triage--Boosts-Safety/24$8351 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Smart-Card-Speeds-Triage--Boosts-Safety/24$8351 ED managers are not often thought of as inventors, but David Soria, MD, chief of emergency medicine at Wellington (FL) Regional Medical Center, has created a device that has helped his department knock an average of 2-3 minutes off its already impressive triage time. rss@emsresponder.com (AHC Newsletters) Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Cardiac-Arrest-Study-May-Help-EMS-Crews-and-ERs/24$8270 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Cardiac-Arrest-Study-May-Help-EMS-Crews-and-ERs/24$8270 Simple guideline can identify which patients should be brought to hospitals when emergency efforts to revive them aren't working. rss@emsresponder.com (Press Release) Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:48:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Los-Angeles-ER-Physician-Recounts-Train-Disaster/24$8283 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Los-Angeles-ER-Physician-Recounts-Train-Disaster/24$8283 Stay close and see what I see. Stay close and see heroes. rss@emsresponder.com (Mark Morocco, Special to The Times) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:54:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Industry-Wire---Business-News/Moving-Admitted-Patients-Out-of-Emergency-Departments-Decreases-Congestion-and-Increases-Profits/14$8252 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Industry-Wire---Business-News/Moving-Admitted-Patients-Out-of-Emergency-Departments-Decreases-Congestion-and-Increases-Profits/14$8252 Moving admitted patients out of the emergency department and into in-patient beds reduces emergency department crowding more than adding beds to the emergency department does, and - in one hospital at least - brings in more profits, according to two studies being published online today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Adding More Beds to the Emergency Department or Reducing Admitted Patient Boarding Times: Which Has a More Significant Impact on Emergency Department Congestion?" and "Emergency Department Admissions Are More Profitable Than Non-ED Admissions"). rss@emsresponder.com Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:56:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Ohio-Trauma-Rules-Changed-for-Elderly/1$8103 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Ohio-Trauma-Rules-Changed-for-Elderly/1$8103 When it comes to deciding where critically injured patients are sent, paramedics previously divided people into two groups: pediatric patients and everyone else. rss@emsresponder.com (Suzanne Hoholik) Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:32:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Trauma-Care-Bias-Targeted-in-Maryland/1$8095 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Trauma-Care-Bias-Targeted-in-Maryland/1$8095 Patients over 65 are less likely to be taken to a Maryland trauma center than younger patients with the same medical emergencies, according to a new report. rss@emsresponder.com (Kelly Brewington) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:53:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Colorado-Springs-Bucks-ER-Wait-Time-Trend-/24$8034 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Emergency-Department/Colorado-Springs-Bucks-ER-Wait-Time-Trend-/24$8034 Americans are waiting longer in hospital emergency rooms to see physicians than they did a decade ago, statistics show, but Colorado Springs hospitals appear to be bucking that trend by streamlining how they see patients. rss@emsresponder.com (Brian Newsome) Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:35:00 -0500 Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Gas-Crunch-Drives-More-NYC-Bikers-to-ER/1$8005 http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Gas-Crunch-Drives-More-NYC-Bikers-to-ER/1$8005 Hospitals are seeing a spike in ER visits by motorcycle and scooter riders as more commuters turn to two wheels. rss@emsresponder.com (CHUCK BENNETT) Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:51:00 -0500 Emergency Department EMSResponder.com: Emergency Department http://www.emsresponder.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=24 http://www.emsresponder.com rss@emsresponder.com Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500