Advanced life support cuts breathing crisis deaths
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NEW YORK  - Adding an advanced life support capability to emergency medical services increases the chances of survival for people in respiratory distress, according to a Canadian report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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More than one in 10 patients admitted to hospital with a serious respiratory disorder is dead within 90 days, a study finds.
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NEW ORLEANS - More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
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Doctors say delivering specialist treatments to heart attack patients directly, not taking them to A&E, could save lives.
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SLIGO, Ireland - A Canadian sailor was waging a battle last night to overcome severe smoke inhalation injuries after he and a fellow sailor were airlifted from their disabled submarine to hospital in this small Irish north coast town.
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If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday.
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New medical guidelines allow experienced nurses as well as doctors to decide on resuscitating patients.
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Lingering respiratory difficulties plague nearly half of the rescue workers screened in an analysis of breathing problems after the Twin Towers&#39; collapse, according to a government report released yesterday.
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Campaigns to save local A&E departments from closure could cause many deaths each year, a report warns.
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Army Nurse supervisor Patrick McAndrew tries to save the life of an American soldier by giving him CPR upon arrival to a military hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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New medical guidelines allow experienced nurses to decide on resuscitating patients.
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Treating high blood pressure would save lives and pay for itself, experts said on Tuesday.
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The extraordinary loss of life from Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunami waves is prompting Asian governments to consider developing a more comprehensive and effective warning system.
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There are wide variations in the care provided to sufferers of cystic fibrosis, a new study suggests. A survey conducted by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust found that nearly one-third of patients face problems obtaining adequate life-saving treatment.
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Doctors  and weather forecasters work together to cut hospital admissions for chest patients.
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A common treatment for head injuries could be killing rather than saving patients, experts warn.