An Overview of the Rise in Asthma
Asthma, one of the most prevalent chronic lung diseases, has been on the rise since the adoption of heavy industry. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at…
Asthma, one of the most prevalent chronic lung diseases, has been on the rise since the adoption of heavy industry. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at…
Firefighters are known to give their all when it comes to protecting lives and property. Like many other professionals who use EMS equipment, they are expected to always be on…
Pulling together your biomedical supplies to create the optimal jump kit can be pretty daunting. You don’t want to miss out on anything that may put a patient in harm’s…
One of the greatest achievements of modern medicine is the donation and transplantation of organs. Before the mastery of such procedures, patients with damaged or failing organs were left with…
The health industry plays a vital role in the sustenance of life at every corner of the globe. In recent times, we have seen a series of advancements in the…
When the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in the 1920s, it provided a cure for a range of bacterial infections that were once considered deadly. Its timely discovery also generated…
Drowning causes millions of death globally. In the US, about ten people die from drowning daily with drowning statistics rising around the summer period. As an EMS professional, it is…
Burnout generally occurs because there is too much overtime, long shifts, and insufficient equipment professionals have to work with daily. For the EMS professional, these issues are a bleak reality.…
Hyperventilation syndrome is a medical condition where one breathes too fast alongside shortness of breath. Normally, breathing balances with oxygen intake and carbon dioxide uptake, which takes an average of…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) postulates that 1 in every 20 patients will contract a nosocomial/hospital-acquired infection. While there are several companies in the marketplace promising and boasting that…