Upstate ’s medical intensive care unit honored for nursing excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
The 16-bed Intensive Care Unit was one of Upstate ’s busiest units during the Covid pandemic. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - November 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
Promotion of training course on ICD-10 poisoning coding : necessity to adopt preventive strategies - Asadi F, Afkhami S, Asadi F.
BACKGROUND: Poisoning is considered the most common cause of referral to emergency departments and hospitalization in the intensive care unit (ICU). Training or retraining of coders and ensuring the positive impact of these trainings in assigning accurate ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
The Cries of Gaza Reach Afghanistan
Afghan man walks past building destroyed during the civil war. The war which lasted nearly five years and killed 46,000 civilians was fueled by weapons and money from the United States and the Soviet Union. Photo courtesy of TKG’s photo archive in Kabul: www.tkg.afBy Melek ZahineKABUL, Afghanistan, Nov 22 2023 (IPS) On the morning of 11 November, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the Director of Gaza’s largest medical center, Al Shifa Hospital, sent out an emotional S.O.S. to the world through a television news interview and through the remaining charge on his mobile phone. His plea for an immediate ceasefire on behalf of a ho...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Melek Zahine Tags: Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Crime & Justice Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Middle East & North Africa Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit celebrates 50 years of caring for Mayo's tiniest patients - including those of a NICU nurse
Photo by Whitnei Abel Photography. When Connor and Colson Kasper arrived at 32 weeks gestation, their mother, Alli Kasper, was better prepared than most parents for a stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mayo Clinic: She's the unit's interim nurse manager. Alli Kasper with her sons Connor and Colson. But her role had changed. She was now a mom, not a nurse. And her colleagues recognized that. "Ev en though I was their colleague, everyone in the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 21, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
The Epidemic of Violence in American Hospitals
On Friday, an individual allegedly entered the lobby of a state psychiatric hospital in Concord, New Hampshire killing a security guard. A state trooper on duty assigned to the facility subsequently shot and killed the gunmen.
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In early September, a nurse at Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, New Jersey was nearly injured after a patient shot and killed himself, prompting a lockdown inside the hospital. The incident left healthcare workers, visitors, and patients filled with terror.
The ongoing and escalating violence in and around hospitals in the U.S. is a clear and pre...
Source: TIME: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
WHO-led joint UN and Red Crescent mission evacuates 31 infants from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
19 November 2023, Geneva/Cairo – A second WHO-led joint UN mission, working in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, earlier today evacuated 31 babies from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, to a hospital in southern Gaza. The severely ill babies were transported in 6 ambulances supplied and staffed by the Palestine Red Crescent. Other mission members included UN Mine Action, UNICEF and UNRWA. The mission was once again assessed as high-risk, due to the active combat taking place in close proximity to the hospital.
These premature and low birthweight babies had earlier been moved from the ne...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 19, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Corrections & Amplifications
A video from the Ministry of Health in Hamas-run Gaza that was distributed showed damage and debris in Al-Shifa Hospital’s intensive-care area. A Page One article on Thursday about the Israel-Hamas war incorrectly called it a Reuters video. Readers can alert The Wall Street Journal to any errors…#ministryofhealth #hamas #gaza #alshifahospitals #pageone #israel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves CorMedix's Drug for Bloodstream Infections FDA Approves CorMedix's Drug for Bloodstream Infections
The FDA approved CorMedix ' s antimicrobial drug for reduction of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with kidney disease, allowing the company to launch its first commercial product.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - November 16, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Child Safety Seats for At-Risk Children
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Safety is important for all infants and children. It is estimated that car restraints decrease injuries in those < 1 year by ~ 70%. About 10% of infants in the US are born prematurely and most are late preterm infants (34 week to 36 6/7 week gestational age). These infants do not have term infant physiology and are at risk for immature patterns in feeding, glycemic control, breathing, temperature, and overall development. They are at risk for cardiopulmonary events which commonly are apnea and/or bradycardia.
Babies who are at risk for cardiopulmonary events are recommended to have a car seat tolerance scre...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health ...
Statement by Ms. Laila Baker, UNFPA Arab States Regional Director; Ms. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa; Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
More than half of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip are closed. Those still functioning are under massive strain and can only provide very limited life-saving surgeries and intensive care services. Photo credit: WHO
12 November 2023, Cairo/Amman — The regional directors of UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO call for urgent international action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals in Gaza.
We are horrified at the...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 12, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks
Many of the wounded have been cared for in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza since early October 2023. Photo from 15 October 2023. Credit: WHO
12 November 2023 — WHO has lost communication with its contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. As horrifying reports of the hospital facing repeated attacks continue to emerge, we assume our contacts joined tens of thousands of displaced people who had sought shelter on the hospital grounds and are fleeing the area. There are reports that some people who fled the hospital have been shot at, wounded and even killed.
Over the past 48 hours, Al-Shifa Hospital--which is the largest...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 12, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Falmouth Hospital opens $10M intensive care unit
The new unit is 11,000-square feet with 10 patient rooms, and officially opened its doors on Tuesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 8, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
No Harm in Short Aspirin Duration After PCI for ACS No Harm in Short Aspirin Duration After PCI for ACS
Less than a month of ticagrelor plus aspirin therapy followed by ticagrelor alone for 1 year after PCI for ACS was noninferior to dual antiplatelet therapy in the T-PASS trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - November 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Even One Night in the ED Raises Risk for Death Even One Night in the ED Raises Risk for Death
Evidence suggests that spending a night boarding in the ED increases mortality. So why do we continue this practice? Dr F. Perry Wilson comments.Medscape (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - November 6, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
