Hazards: Needing the First Aid They Give to Others
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Paramedics, it turns out, face a high risk of being injured on the job.
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Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while protecting paramedics from injury.
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We're all guilty of using our cell phones in off-limits areas. But a new study shows that in hospitals they can be hazardous to medical equipment
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NEW YORK  - Despite repeated  recommendations to cook on the back burners of the stove and to  turn pot handles toward the back, many parents still fail to  recognize their child's potential risk for burns and scalds,  new study findings suggest.
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but it&#39;s something to which they need to begin paying attention before a catastrophe of terrible proportions occurs. You may remember
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Doctors warn that injuries are more severe when lightning strikes an iPod user.
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NEW YORK  - People who think they're having a stroke, and their loved ones, often call others for advice before calling an ambulance, hints a study conducted in Australia. This could lead to delays in the administration of potentially life-saving treatment.
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As people worried about about painkillers after more warnings of potential heart risk, local and national experts advised pain sufferers not to panic.
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Parents and teachers need to watch out more carefully for head injuries in children, a charity is warning.
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People at a high risk of having a heart attack do not know when to dial 999, experts have warned.
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For paramedics in rural areas, responding to frantic calls for help is at times akin to doing a high-wire act without a net. Mountains, valleys, bad weather and long distances between hospitals make communication with emergency room physicians spotty at best and nonexistent at worst.
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In recent years, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have entered public spaces to treat someone suffering what bystanders may assume is a heart attack: Clutching the chest, the victim collapses, unconscious.
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A little planning now can save your loved ones lots of hassle.
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(HealthDay News) - It can be a frightening experience for anyone to go to the hospital, particularly for a young child.
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More kids appear to be playing a risky game that can lead to accidental strangulation.
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AKRON, Ohio -- We tune up our cars, our furnaces, our lawn mowers. Maybe it's time we tuned up the safety conditions of our homes.
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Fighting fires and facing incoming spittle, stabbings and Molotov cocktails: Is it all part of the job?.