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Medical News Today
A new training model improved CPR skills in a clinical setting according to research presented during the Resuscitation Science Symposium at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016.
Currently, hospital staff are only required to undergo formal CPR training every two years. This study examined whether CPR proficiency within a hospital setting could be improved with low dose-high frequency psychomotor simulation among hospitals using the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Quality Improvement™ mobile simulation stations.
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SaukValley.com
How do you get the world’s largest land-dwelling mammal off a man’s chest?
For Ty Dozier, it took a scalpel and a bulldozer.
The 45-year-old underwent open-heart surgery in July to correct a congenital heart condition that was asymptomatic until his late 30s but eventually resulted in labored respiration and fatigue. Doctors diagnosed Dozier years earlier with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a likely inherited condition in which the left ventricle of his heart thickened, blocking blood flow.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 It's survey season again, and we're being met with a harvest of new data that — for the most part — shines the sunlight on the healthcare industry. I'm passionate about such information because it's like salt to an often stale plate of healthcare headlines. So, where does the seasoning of the day bring us? To a somewhat familiar place: nurses and their compensation. Does this matter to the policymakers? Probably not. Does it matter to those who administer the care? Likely.
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All About Circuits
As robotics develop, they're beginning to engage in very human behavior — like smoking and delivering a baby.
With their brute force, relentless repetition of functions, and incredible speeds, robots have become indispensable in today’s industry. Factory automation may be the most well-known application of robots but their potential applications prove to go far beyond lifting heavy objects or performing fast and accurate movements. While the researchers at the medical center of Columbia University are teaching novices by a pregnant patient simulator robot, scientists from Harvard University have designed a chain-smoking robot to study the mysteries of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Medical Economics
Running a physician practice is a lot different — and substantially more challenging — than it used to be.
Physicians and other practice staff are being asked to transform the way they deliver patient care while reducing costs and maintaining quality. They are having to navigate new payment structures — patient payments and risk-based payments, for example — while expanding their communication and collaboration with other care providers.
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U.S. News & World Report
President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle Obamacare may hit hospitals hard, putting more pressure on them to provide high-value care at reduced cost, experts say.
The anticipated cutbacks come on the heels of Obama administration efforts to curb cost increases and enhance quality by rewarding doctors and hospitals for the value of their care – defined as high-quality care provided at the lowest possible cost – rather than for how many procedures they perform.
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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via EMS1.com
South Park Middle School teacher Melissa Lonkert frantically stuffed medical gauze into the gunshot wound of the arm in front of her while colleague Amanda McElhaney worked to tighten the tourniquet.
Except it was a fake arm — or rather, a piece of fake arm. And the gunshot wound wasn't real.
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Blended Learning with vSim® for Nursing and Scenarios from the National League for Nursing.
When students experience the same patient encounter through different technologies, it allows them to reinforce their knowledge and gradually build confidence and competence.
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Standard Examiner
Respiratory therapy instructor Kelly Dean and student Dana Justice deftly placed a newborn baby on a table and began checking vital signs.
“One and two and three and breathe,” Dean said repeatedly as she began a two-fingered chest compression while other students filled syringes and took notes on a white board. The situation was tense, but that’s because the new, technologically advanced equipment in the Weber State University simulation lab is supposed to be as realistic as possible.
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Billings Gazette
Someday, one of Katie Meier's students might save your life.
They'll know whether to jam a tube up your nose or down your throat to help you breathe. They'll know how to give CPR and load you on to a backboard to avoid spinal damage.
They might be the first person who arrives at a car wreck, or at your own home, hopping out of a red light-flashing ambulance.
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MD Magazine
For those members of the medical profession who worry about the advance and impact of physician burnout nationwide, it might help to know that you have a real champion in your corner—Bridget Duffy, M.D. Duffy is the chief medical officer for Vocera, a publicly-traded, health care communications company that "empowers teams through intelligent, real-time communication solutions in health care and other mission-critical mobile environments."
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