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Advances Have Cut Combat Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan

...-saving surgical treatment, often reaching injured personnel within minutes. In addition to saving soldiers who would otherwise bleed to death, the rapid response provided by these teams sets the stage for further damage control, surgery, and rehabilitation. Once their condition has stabilized, casualties are...

Dog’s Death During Demonstration Creates Uproa

...edical device in the presence of twenty five sales personnel on this mixed breed dog when the animal developed aneurism and had to be euthanized subsequently. A letter describing this event had been sent to USDA by the clinic authorities who are conducting an investigation. The clinic says that the doctor ha...

SARS Report on Health Workers

...atients leaving hospital; Pacing infection control personnel in all hospitals etc., other proposals included mo...funding for public health, plans to notify all EMS personnel of possible risks and infectious disease training in medical and nursing schools. SRI...

Migration is the Cause for Fresh Polio Cases in the Capital: Sheila Dikshit

...,500 booths in Delhi Sunday. Nearly, 24,000 health personnel and workers have been deputed for the purpose. Polio booths have been set up at railway stations, bus terminals, 57 metro stations, airports, important parks, temples and the Pragati Maidan exhibition ground. International organisations like UNICEF...

Simple Steps to Safe Guard Patients from Bloodstream Infections in ICU

...way. A “checklist” to make sure that every health personnel adheres to right practices that ensure infection-control was done in the Michigan hospitals that were part of the study. Techniques like hand washing, avoiding placement of catheter through the femoral artery in the groin, proper use of separate glov...

Where Burnt Out Executives De-stress in Nature's Lap

...he entire stay here is aimed at de-stressing their personnel by way of various games, pep talks, and adventure," Ranesh Roy, joint director of the Potasali Eco Camp, a resort-cum-wildlife conservation group in Nameri, told IANS. In recent weeks, executives of Assam's Numaligarh Refinery and AREVA T&D Ltd, a ...

New Technique to Identify Bacteria for Food Safety

...e presence of pathogens and could provide security personnel with a new tool for screening suspicious suitcases or packages. Song will further the research, conducting experiments to look for bacterial contaminants in foods. Ongoing work by Talaty with international E. coli expert Barry Wanner, a professor i...

Simple Steps to Safe Guard Patients from Bloodstream Infections in ICU

...way. A “checklist” to make sure that every health personnel adheres to right practices that ensure infection-control was done in the Michigan hospitals that were part of the study. Techniques like hand washing, avoiding placement of catheter through the femoral artery in the groin, proper use of separate gl...

Rift Valley Fever Takes a Toll on 23 Lives

...overnment to speedily take the needed medicine and personnel to all the health centers and dispensaries in the district to stop the spread of the disease,” Gurre told the residents. He also advised the people to avoid intake of animal meat and milk to contain the spread of infection. He also said that anybody ...

RVF Kills 14 in Kenya

...nt has mobilized additional medical and veterinary personnel to the affected districts and is also involved in the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets. SRI...

Soldiers Exposed To Gunshot Noise Need Better Hearing Protection

...e on soldiers. The authors note that most military personnel are young and at the beginning stages of their careers, and would be negatively impacted by a loss of hearing as they enter the civilian work force. Source-Newswise RM...

Increase Vitamin D In Blood, Decrease Risk For Multiple Sclerosis

... databases from 7 million samples of U.S. military personnel stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository. The study results shows that among white people, the risk for MS is least among those with the highest vitamin D levels, and maximum for those with the lowest vitamin D levels. It was found th...

Over 50 Vietnamese Girls Faint Due to Mass 'Hysteria'

... office then fell unconscious. Emergency medical personnel arrived to take the children to hospital. Dozens of students in their classrooms, who saw the girls being carried away, also suddenly collapsed. Most of the girls were released from the medical centre the same day. But according to Nhan, four stude...

Defibrillators Should Be Available in Ski Resorts

...uld be placed in public areas and that non-medical personnel should be trained to operate them,” they conclude. Source-Newswise<BRSRM...

Prevention of AIDS in Armed Forces

... The incidence of HIV infection among Armed Forces personnel during 2004 and 2005 was 0.028%. No disciplinary action is initiated against any individual found HIV positive. However, the individuals found HIV positive are kept under medical surveillance. Counseling of troops about contraceptives, especiall...

Puppets Spread Health Awareness in Rural Rajasthan

...n 'Kala Jathas', while state officials and medical personnel roll out health 'raths', or chariots. The raths provide details of health-related schemes through puppet shows, films and cultural programmes, Digambar Singh, Rajasthan's medical and health minister, told IANS. Health camps would also be organise...

Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

...or example, a standard charge used against medical personnel under the Japanese Criminal Code is 'professional negligence causing death and injury,' a crime not found in U.S. statute books. Secrecy surrounding medical error has been a problem in both countries, but even more so in Japan. Thus, the latter’s cri...

Eighty Children Die Of Aids Due To Tainted Blood, Dirty Needles In Southern Kazakhstan

... HIV-contaminated blood transfusion, as medical personnel were allegedly reusing disposable equipment in chi...ed the virus through blood transfusion, as medical personnel were allegedly reusing disposable equipments. Nationwide inspections have revealed numerous cases...

CRPF To Issue Contraceptives To Fight AIDS

With AIDS a spiralling menace among its personnel returning from vacation, the Central Reserve Polic...e AIDS cases that have been reported were found in personnel who had returned from leave," said a CRPF official handling an anti-AIDS programme in the security f...

Funds for mental patient safety pledged by government

...sures to improve locks on doors and added security personnel at mental hospitals will help to minimise fear that is generated from stories of sexual abuse and aggressive outbursts that float around the wards of hospitals. The promised funds would in addition to safety measures provide support systems to patien...

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