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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants all research supported with NIH funds to be shared with other investigators and made available to the public, but how can this philosophy be reconciled with privacy laws and concerns?
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A new strategy for hastening treatment for heart attack victims is being tested in a mountainous California county where drive times to hospitals often are long, and the lead researcher says it could become a way for EDs to be their communitys leader in cardiac care.
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In emergency medicine and critical care, clinical trials are difficult to conduct. The unpredictable and time-sensitive nature of these specialties means that controlled, randomized, clinical trials are difficult, sometimes impossible to design.
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Everyone talks about how the public misuses EDs and cause overcrowding, but nobody does anything about it, right? They do in Memphis, TN, where a hospital system is working to educate the public about when and when not to use the local EDs, with good results after just a few months.
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Smallpox vaccine draft guidance issued by FDA; New technology, lack of consent leads to lawsuit
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This is the radio public service announcement that Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN, uses to educate the public about alternatives to using the ED for nonurgent care.
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A cardiovascular surgeon develops an experimental intravascular blood oxygenation device that has the potential to eliminate the need for mechanical ventilation in severely injured patients. However, testing the device in human patients would be unethical because of the great risk of harm, and the still-unknown chance for benefit.
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Underdosing of acetaminophen by parents and emergency department utilization; Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies; Experience of domestic violence by women attending an inner-city accident and emergency department.
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If you dont have thousands of dollars to educate your community about ED issues, a free resource is available.