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Follow-up on my Eight COVID Assertions
Yesterday’s post generated some good comments. Two emergency medicine specialists felt that I was both wrong and insulting in saying that hospitals were not overwhelmed. As a doc in NYC, I would suggest that your assertion 3 was indeed quite wrong and will be wrong in many more places before we are done— Josh Socolow (@Docjoshsoc) December 13, 2020 Jfc you weren't in Connecticut in April, and you aren't here now.We weren't (and aren't) fatally overwhelmed because of massive & costly efforts by our system. Anything less would have been catastrophic.Your blithe dismissal is kind ...
Source: Dr John M - December 13, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs

The Future of Emergency Medicine: Innovations Making Patients The Point-of-Care
Every minute spent without treatment could reduce the chance of survival in case of medical emergency and trauma patients. Digital health innovations making patients the point-of-care could become a great help for first responders and emergency units in the battle against time. Here, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine. Six minutes before brain damage Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: imported CPR digital health emergency emergency medicine EMS first aid first response future Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation technology Source Type: blogs

Advanced Cooling Therapy Releases New Temperature Modulation Device
Advanced Cooling Therapy (ACT), a medical device firm, has expanded personnel in its commercial launch of the Esophageal Cooling Device (ECD).     “The ECD is the first device on the market cleared for temperature modulation via the esophagus. This enables efficient core-cooling, or core-warming, without the complexity and risks associated with intravascular catheter placement, and without the obstruction of patient access seen with surface pads and wraps,” said Robin Drassler, the vice president of North American sales.   The device is placed like a standard gastric tube, making placement quick. Placement ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 20, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs