August 10th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News
Tags: Advice For Parents, BabyMedBasics, Children's Health, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Healthy Baby, Heimlich Maneuver, Infant Care, Infant Choking, Infant Emergencies, Infant Safety, iPhone App, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Tara Summers
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RN Tara Summers was inspired to make an iPhone app after a frightening episode where she saw her infant child choking. Because she was a nurse, she sprang into action and gave the Heimlich maneuver, but worried about parents (or babysitters) without the same training.
So, along with her emergency medicine physician husband, she created MedBasics — a readily-accessible information packet for the home about things to do in an emergency. Now they’re announcing an iPhone app called BabyMedBasics for emergencies when you’re not at home.
More from MedBasics…
iTunes link to the iOS app…
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
August 10th, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research, True Stories
Tags: Bystanders, Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Chest Compressions, Collasped Person, CPR, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Personnel, General Medicine, Lifesaving Techniques, Mouth-To-Mouth CPR, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, Onlookers, Paramedics, Public Awareness, Public Knowledge, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Survival Rates
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Nearly 450 people die each day of sudden cardiac arrest. Many times the bystanders who witness a person collapse don’t know what to do. They are afraid they will hurt the victim or they feel nervous about doing traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions.
New information published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that hands-only CPR is potentially a lifesaving option to be used and it can improve the chance of survival equally as well as traditional CPR. This study confirms other reports that bystanders can save lives by doing chest compressions in adults and children who are not breathing. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
August 9th, 2010 by Michael Sevilla, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Alumni, Dr. Jay Gershen, Dr. Vishvas Hedge, Medical Institution Budget, Medical School, Name Change, NEOMU, NEOUCOM, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, School of Medicine
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They are changing the name of my med school alma mater and I am upset about it. But not for the reasons you may think.
I am a proud graduate of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). This has been the name of the school since it opened its doors in 1973. Last week, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school to the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMU). In a press release from the school, the new president and dean, Dr. Jay Gershen, said this:
“The current name no longer reflects who we are as a University. In addition to a College of Medicine and a College of Pharmacy, we also added a College of Graduate Studies last year,” said Gershen. “We are a strong institution with a health sciences curriculum, and we want a strong name that reflects who we are and who we serve.”
I have talked with many alumni who are upset about this change. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Doctor Anonymous*
August 9th, 2010 by DrRich in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion
Tags: Big Health Insurance, Covert Rationing, Fixing American Healthcare, Health Insurance Industry, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Politics, Healthcare reform, Obamacare
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Why Big Health Insurance Supported Obamacare, Part IV
In the past few posts (in particular, here and here), DrRich has shown why the health insurance industry embraced Obamacare, and indeed, took extraordinary steps to assure that Obamacare became the law of the land. This, of course, is especially interesting in light of the common perception that Obamacare constitutes a major defeat for the greedy health insurance industry.
But the fact that big health insurance gave critical support to Obamacare is far more than merely interesting. It has major implications both to supporters of Obamacare, especially the ones who hope for an eventual single-payer outcome, and to opponents of Obamacare, many of whom hope to repeal it after the 2010 mid-term elections.
For the health insurance industry to have supported Obamacare, especially in the manner that it did, leads us to three conclusions. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Covert Rationing Blog*
August 9th, 2010 by BobDoherty in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: ACA, ACP, Affordable Care Act, Aging Adults, Aging Population, America's Seniors, American College Of Physicians, Drew Altman, General Medicine, Healthcare reform, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, SGR Formula
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One of the more effective criticisms of the health reform law (Affordable Care Act, or ACA) is that it hurts Medicare. It also is wrong.
Effective, in that it has been widely reported that seniors are more likely to express negative views of the ACA than other age groups. (Although the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Drew Altman, citing the group’s most recent tracking polls, writes that seniors’ opposition to health reform “is at least somewhat over played.”)
Effective, but wrong: The ACA actually helps Medicare in three important ways. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty*
