Within a few months of arriving at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, a medical student may have already saved someone’s life. That’s because Greenville medical students spend their first seven weeks training to become certified emergency medical technicians (EMTs). After receiving EMT certification, students work one...
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study authors report that, after implementation of the publicly funded state trauma system, preventable mortality rate decreased by 48 percent CHICAGO (March 8, 2017): Implementation of a statewide trauma system in Arkansas cut the rate of preventable deaths due to injuries nearly in...
East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Joseph Florence was recently honored for helping establish a dedicated training center in India where medical professionals can learn how to treat and respond to emergencies related to the heart. “There are still a lot of physicians in India who haven’t received Basic and Advanced...
Cal State Fullerton will soon offer Screening, Brief Interventions and Referrals for Treatment (SBIRT) training for students in its nursing, social work and human services programs. The evidence-based practice is designed to help students identify and assess individuals who are at risk for, or who have, a substance use disorder.
More than 50 Airmen from the Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Airlift Wing attended training at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama, Feb. 12-18. The group, comprised mainly of members of the 120th medical group and augmented by Airmen from the unit’s fire department,...
Practicing medicine in a rural community where doctors are few and far between can be a daunting prospect, but medical school professors and students who concentrate on rural medicine say that the challenge is worth taking on. Experts say rural medicine can be fascinating because of the variety of health problems...
Veteran video game developer Sam Glassenberg stumbled onto an accidental gold mine just trying to help his anesthesiologist father. Glassenberg, who calls himself the "black sheep" game developer in a family of physicians, used to putter around making medical simulations on request, and coincidentally found, or confirmed, a tremendous pent-up...
The EMS education staff at Blue River Career Programs is proud to offer students the opportunity to explore career possibilities in a college-level course for emergency medical services. Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification provides students with a solid medical knowledge which allows students to build careers in fire and ambulance services...
Physicians and other health professionals frequently overestimate and underestimate the harms and benefits of medical treatments, screenings and tests, according to a recently published systematic review of medical literature on the subject. Decision-support tools can help address knowledge gaps and inform patient-physician discussions. Researchers did a comprehensive search of four...
Today, Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) filed legislation that would require Texas medical schools to do a better job of matching medical school graduates with an in-state, post-graduate medical residency program, also known as Graduate Medical Education (GME). SB 1066 will help ensure that the state has an adequate number of...