Cryothermic Systems Introduces Flagship Cooling Product
CLEVELAND, OH (Jan 12, 2016) - Today, at the National Association of EMS Physicians® Conference in San Diego, CA, Cryothermic Systems announced the release of its flagship product, the Cryothermic Cooling Pack. The Cryothermic Cooling Pack has been shown in studies to cool patients noninvasively and quickly by 1 to 3 degrees Celsius in less than 30 minutes.
For EMS systems and emergency departments, the Cryothermic Cooling Pack is a cost-effective substitute for chilled saline that can consistently cool the patient and provide a bridge to targeted temperature management systems in the hospital. Targeted Temperature Man...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 12, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Patient Care Source Type: news
SCAI releases expert consensus for cardio-oncology patients treated in cardiac catheterization labs
(Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions) The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, oncologists and internal medicine physicians guidance for treating patients facing concomitant cardiovascular disease and cancer. The document was released in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, and is endorsed by the Cardiological Society of India and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencionista. The paper aims to increase the competency of cardiovascular professionals providing care to cancer patients. ...
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 12, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
St. Bernards Begins $130M Expansion, Renovation Project
St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro on Thursday announced a $130 million, four-phase construction plan that will add a new five-story surgical and intensive care centers tower; expand its cancer center; renovate existing structures; and give the center a new "front door" on Jackson Avenue.
Work on the first phase of the project, expected to take 11 months and cost about $9 million, will focus on changes and additions to the Ben E. Owens Cancer Treatment Center. St. Bernards aims to complete that work by October.
Other phases will begin in the spring in run through 2019. The project was designed by architectural firm H...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - December 17, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Saudi Arabia's Al Mana General Hospital uses Zoll AutoPulse in cardiac catheterisation lab
Saudi Arabia-based Al Mana General Hospital has selected Zoll Medical to use its AutoPulse resuscitation system to help save patients who experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in the cardiac catheterisation (cath) lab. (Source: Hospital Management)
Source: Hospital Management - December 11, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
EMS & Hospital Collaborations Strengthen Relationships and Improve Care in North Carolina
In North Carolina, the Regional Approach to Cardiovascular Emergencies (RACE) system was used to develop collaboration between first responders, EMS and emergency and cardiology departments. Initially, the RACE project was established in 2003 to treat acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but in 2010, with the help of the HeartRescue Project, it was expanded to improve regional care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
System Design & Improvement Efforts
The RACE project began by developing coordinated and pre-specified plans for the diagnosis and rapid reperfusion of STEMI patients, startin...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - November 30, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Carolina Malta Hansen, MD Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Shock Leadership Professionalism Source Type: news
EMS & Hospital Collaborations Strengthen Relationships and Improve Care in North Carolina
In North Carolina, the Regional Approach to Cardiovascular Emergencies (RACE) system was used to develop collaboration between first responders, EMS and emergency and cardiology departments. Initially, the RACE project was established in 2003 to treat acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but in 2010, with the help of the HeartRescue Project, it was expanded to improve regional care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
System Design & Improvement Efforts
The RACE project began by developing coordinated and pre-specified plans for the diagnosis and rapid reperfusion of STEMI patients, startin...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 30, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Carolina Malta Hansen, MD Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Shock Leadership Professionalism Source Type: news
Highest safety rating awarded to cardiac catheterization laboratory
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) For 17 consecutive years Mount Sinai awarded highest 'two-star' rating by New York State Department of Health for percutaneous coronary interventions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 24, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Maverick’s story: Advances in medical management of pediatric heart failure
In recent years, the Boston Children’s Hospital Heart Failure team has made significant strides in slowing the progress of heart failure in children. In some cases, disease progression has been slowed enough for the patient to be taken off of the heart transplant list for being “too well.”
The following is part two of a four-part series featuring Heart Center patients who were once listed for transplant but were removed thanks to successful medical management of his or her heart disease.
Maverick’s story
Maverick Chenkus was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a very serious heart condition in whi...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 23, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Horan Tags: Heart conditions Heart Center heart failure heart transplant Source Type: news
Cellular stress process identified in cardiovascular disease
Contact: Sarah AveryPhone: 919-660-1306Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. – Combining the investigative tools of genetics, transcriptomics, epigenetics and metabolomics, a Duke Medicine research team has identified a new molecular pathway involved in heart attacks and death from heart disease.
The researchers, publishing online in the journal PLOS Genetics, found that stress on a component of cells called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is associated with risk of future heart events, and it can be detected in bits of molecular detritus circulating in the blood.
“ER str...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - November 6, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Mindfulness Practice During A Heart Attack: Or Me and My Mind Against My DNA
The author at age 26 sitting in Zazen Seiza style. This past August, at the age of 56, on the last day of my summer vacation, on the day after I ran yet another 5k, while I was attending my Saturday morning yoga class, I had a heart attack that could have killed me. It was a shock but not a surprise. Heart disease killed my older sister at 54, would have killed my dad at 56 had he not been life-flighted to UMass Medical Center where they shot him up on the helipad with a then experimental decoagulant, and heart disease killed my granddad on my first birthday. I had had a full medical work just the summer before and all sy...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Historic collaboration planned for cardiac care facility
In a historic deal, the region’s two largest health systems and two competing Niagara Falls hospitals have agreed to collaborate on a cardiac care facility.
Niagara Falls Memorial Health Center will house the cardiac catheterization lab in its Heart Center in a joint project with Mount St. Mary’s Hospital and its parent, Catholic Health, along with Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center.
Joint applications were filed today with the State Department of Health for a $2.2 million project.… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 24, 2015 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
How Optos’ retinal scanner saved a physician’s life
A Hattiesburg, Miss.-based doctor says Optos‘ (LON:OPTS) Optomap retinal imaging camera helped him identify a particularly deadly blood vessel blockage before it could trigger a heart attack, according to the Hattiesburg American.
During a demonstration of the system, Dr. David Richardson of Hattiesburg Eye Clinic was scanned by the mapping system which captures a panorama of the retina on the back wall of his eye. The image showed an abnormality, according to the paper, that indicated a possible vessel blockage.
“Viewing a patient’s retina primarily helps us diagnose vision problems, but it can also indicat...
Source: Mass Device - October 21, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Imaging Optos Inc. Source Type: news
Corindus Vascular, Mayo Clinic sign robotic PCI research deal
Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) said today it signed a deal with the Mayo Clinic to form a joint robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention research and clinical program.
The program will use Corindus’ CorPath robotic-assistance system designed for coronary PCI procedures. The system allows operating physicians to avoid radiation exposure and orthopedic strain from wearing lead protective vestments by operating from a remote location, the Waltham, Mass.-based company said.
“The occupational hazards in this field can be devastating to people. Vascular robotics provide the biggest change to cath l...
Source: Mass Device - October 12, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Catheters Clinical Trials Research & Development Robot-Assisted Surgery Robotics Corindus Vascular Robotics Source Type: news
Fewer Complications With Subclavian CatheterizationFewer Complications With Subclavian Catheterization
Central venous catheterization of the subclavian vein showed the lowest risks for bloodstream infections and symptomatic thrombosis compared with insertions at the jugular or femoral veins. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 25, 2015 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Critical Care News Source Type: news
Central Venous Catheter Insertion: Is the Subclavian Vein the Safest Option? (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Catheterization of the subclavian vein is associated with lower risk for major catheter-related complications than insertion at the femoral or jugular vein, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study.Among adults … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - September 24, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
