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Saving Lives for 35 Years: Sentara Nightingale Looks Forward
Publication date: Available online 23 April 2017 Source:Air Medical Journal Author(s): Dale Gauding The Nightingale Regional air Ambulance program, operated by Norfolk, VA-based not-for-profit Sentara Healthcare, is marking its 35th year of operation in 2017, having surpassed 20,000 safe flights. Looking ahead, the program is adding VFR capabilities, designated landing zones to rendezvous with EMS partners and clinical training in a simulation lab, and collaborating with cardiac and neurology services to provide quicker interventions for STEMI and stroke patients at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Source: Air Medical Journal - April 23, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Delayed Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Dissection Complicates Ischemic Stroke Treatment
A 32-year-old woman with several days of vomiting consumed 1 dose of promethazine for symptomatic relief. Soon thereafter, she presented to a rural emergency department with nausea, vomiting, headache, slurred speech, and right-sided upper- and lower-extremity weakness. The initial clinical impression was that of a dystonic reaction for which she received the appropriate therapy for the suspected condition. When her symptoms did not improve, she was transferred by ground ambulance to a large community hospital where she was diagnosed by brain magnetic resonance imaging and carotid magnetic resonance angiography with a mass...
Source: Air Medical Journal - September 1, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Azeemuddin Ahmed, Achint Singh, Elizabeth C. Hassebroek, Kris Baerenwald Tags: Peer Reviewed Source Type: research