The London terror attack in March 2017 whereby pedestrians were mown down by a car on Westminster Bridge highlights the urgency needed for EMS preparedness. The 2016 ramming terrorist attack in Nice, France on Bastille Day with the loss of 84 people and over 200...
Amazon’s voice activated device Alexa may now help save lives. Alexa answers thousands of requests each day about the weather, traffic and other real time information. Now for the first time Alexa will be able to give all instructions for CPR, and warning signs of...
A new study presented at the 2017 International Stroke Conference (ISC) suggests it does not matter whether a patient’s head is elevated or lies flat following an acute stroke. Researchers of the international study said they found no major benefit to either sitting up or...
Discs about the size of a U.S quarter are being implanted in patient’s wrists to help control their high blood pressure. The discs emit electrical pulses to help stimulate nerves in the arm which then signals to blood pressure control centers in the brain. The...
The American Heart Association (AHA) 2017 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update (heart.org) projects that the number of people diagnosed with heart failure will increase dramatically by the year 2030. Heart failure occurs when the heart is too weak to pump blood throughout the body,...
Personal health wearable devices used by consumers to track their heart rates, sleep patterns, calories or stress levels may pose privacy and security risks for the individual wearer of these fitness bands. A report by the researchers at the American University and the Center for...