Could a virtual reality headset someday replace traditional cadaver labs for medical students? Probably not – but a new app for the Oculus Rift could certainly help. VR Human Anatomy, currently being tested by medical students at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, reportedly offers just that. Developed by a...
Digital technology and innovation are helping healthcare organizations provide higher-level service for patients, with better diagnoses and care. This ongoing transformation of healthcare is also greatly shifting how doctors, nurses, patients and families are getting and communicating healthcare information. These are five of the biggest healthcare trends reverberating through the...
The Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health is partnering with four universities in China and South Korea and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) based in Vienna, Austria to enhance research, teaching and overall public health practice across the globe. The five-year agreements lay the groundwork for faculty...
BOSTON — Everyone was so sure the newborn would die that they didn’t even clean him off after birth. Nurses didn’t weigh him, or suction fluid out of his throat. His parents had bought no baby supplies, other than a single onesie. They expected to bury him in it. But...
CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL. THE woman clings to life on a hospital trolley, three days after a heart attack. The junior doctor in charge but panicked by inexperience goes AWOL and critical care nurses have minutes to act when a ventilation tube becomes dislodged while the patient is taken for a...
Philips North America and Texas A&M University System are collaborating to create integrated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) technologies for more efficient and effective coordination of response efforts, and developing point-of-care diagnostics and biosurveillance to help avoid epidemics and pandemics. As part of the collaboration, Philips and The Texas A&M University...
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, Poland - Above a military training field, the green camouflaged watchtower becomes the perfect vantage point to witness landmine explosions and a hovering medical helicopter while Polish and American soldiers run intensely to treat wounded soldiers. U.S. and Polish army troops are participating in mass casualty evacuation training...
Jamie Cernobyl happily worked as a welder for 33 years. His youngest daughter Erica went to college for sociology. Years after both established separate careers, the nontraditional pair graduated together with associate's degrees in registered nursing from Northampton Community College on May 26. The two did not intentionally decide to...
The readiness of local health emergency workers is being put to the test today. A number of drills are underway including one at UW-Milwaukee. The Public Health Department is working with UWM and the North Shore Health Department for this statewide exercise. This is a simulation of the procedure that would...
Training Effectiveness Shah MI, Carey JM, Rapp SE, et al. Impact of high-fidelity pediatric simulation on paramedic seizure management. Prehosp Emerg Care. March 8, 2016. [Epub ahead of print.] With increased emphasis on culture of safety and rising concerns over medical errors, our attention this month turns to this study...