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Emergency Considerations in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
Conclusion The joint response of science and medicine to develop safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has been brisk and productive. Distribution efforts will now be the next step in limiting the breadth of this pandemic. EMS agencies will play a key role in some areas in the administration of vaccinations for their communities. The authors suggest that to better clarify the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines, EMS systems must maintain a log of the type and incidence of adverse events following vaccine administration, EMS responses to the adverse events, as well as those patients’ outcomes from this management. ...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - December 16, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus Exclusives EMS EMT Paramedic Source Type: news

Remdesivir Tests for Covid Treatments Enter New Phase
A clinical trial showed that remdesivir helped hospitalized patients. Now researchers are asking whether when the drug is paired with another antiviral drug, patients will recover faster.
Source: NYT Health - August 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Remdesivir (Drug) Tests (Medical) Research Placebos Dexamethasone (Drug) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Interferon Beta (Drugs) Immune System Gilead Sciences Inc National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases your-feed-healthcare Pet Source Type: news