Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can play an essential role in the management of the sickest COVID-19 patients, said Jeffrey A. Katz, MD, director of critical care services at the NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois. To date, […]
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After being held responsible for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in the city, 27 nursing homes, which were earlier barred from admitting COVID-19 patients, will be allowed to do so again starting from September 15. Due to the growing cases and the chaos of looking for beds, BMC […]
My role as a clinical nurse leader has provided me with the opportunity to observe patient interactions, meet with patients about their experiences, and coach and mentor staff members. Molly Conklin, B.S.N., RN, PCCN, is one of many excellent nurses I have worked with in my career, but what stands […]
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Medicine is currently addressing a security incident affecting some of its IT systems, and that is affecting patients who had scheduled appointments for care. On Monday, there was not as much activity as usual at Nebraska Medicine. Officials said they will reschedule appointments as soon […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday issued a fresh set of instructions for people who have recovered from Covid-19, which includes suggestions like going on morning walks, eating Chyawanprash and doing Yoga. The suggestions have been issued amid rising instances of recovered patients returning to hospitals for post-Covid care. The […]
Squawkers and complainers about COVID-19 restrictions curtailing their restaurant visits and bar hopping might benefit from a timeout to focus on Hawaii’s medical workers, quietly going about their business every day to ease the suffering of terrified patients stricken with the virus. If you have a minute, tie a white […]
Our wired world unavoidably puts our personal information at potential risk. The points of vulnerability are many: Our home computers. Banks and credit unions. Online retailers. Government agencies. Indeed, the health care sector has been regularly a target of hackers across the country. Nebraska has had several examples. Malware, brought […]
“Our feeling was that staffing was so tight, when this came to be, the system broke. It just broke,” she said. The most recent bill about the issue proposed in the state Legislature is the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act of the 2019–20 legislative session. It’s currently in committee. […]
In the midst of a mass movement against racial injustice, affiliates of Stanford Medicine are speaking out about how they respond to discrimination and maltreatment from patients and visitors. “There is a challenge that has really been increasing nationally: the mistreatment of healthcare workers by patients, families and visitors,” Jeanie […]
Yoga could help patients manage the symptoms of atrial fibrillation, suggests a new study published and presented at the ESC Congress 2020. Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe and the US will develop the condition, which causes 20-30 per cent […]
Courtesy of Colin Allen, University of Pittsburgh and David Finegold, University of Pittsburgh Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were among the earliest celebrities to catch the novel coronavirus. In an interview at the beginning of July, Hanks described how differently COVID-19 had affected each of them in March. […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were among the earliest celebrities to catch the novel coronavirus. In an interview at the beginning of July, Hanks described how differently COVID-19 had affected each of them in March. “My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, […]
Tammy Lee, Pixabay With September serving as Newborn Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month, expectant mothers should know that expert teams at Valley Baptist Health System are standing by if their childbirth experience is anything other than routine. Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville and Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen each have Level III […]
Several Arizona nurses will spend the next few months in the US island territory of Guam taking care of COVID-19 patients. Guam health leaders said they saw a significant surge in August and September, and they’re expecting more people will need to be hospitalized. About 50 travel nurses working through […]