Planning ahead for heat combats excess mortality
Targeting vulnerable populations like the elderly and those living alone could result in fewer casualties during heat waves.
Emergency Medicine
CDC: Suicide increasing among middle-aged Americans
Suicide rates among middle-aged American men and women increased 28.4% from 1999 to 2010.
Updated recommendations for sports concussions released
The 2012 Zurich Consensus statement on sports concussion offers guidance for concussion evaluation, management and return to play.
Easing pain during suturing
Steps to follow after wound irrigation to ensure patient comfort.
Reducing intracranial pressure after head injury
Does the concentration of hypertonic saline affect intracranial pressure reduction in patients with traumatic brain injury?
Overdose rescue training cuts opioid-related deaths
A state-sponsored program focusing on opioid overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution effectively reduced opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts.
ED visits up for ADHD stimulant abuse
Overall, half of ADHD stimulant medication-related ED visits in 2010 involved nonmedical use and nearly one third involved adverse drug reactions.
What are bath salts?
The long-term health consequences of bath salts are not yet known, but experience suggests that proactive efforts are needed to minimize it’s public health impact.
New strategies needed for after-hours call triage
Patient overuse of emergency call lines is rampant.
Compression-only CPR best for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Compression-only CPR without mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing results in higher survival, more favorable neurological outcomes.
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