Hacker News with Generative AI: Emergency Medicine

Elderly patients can deteriorate in the ER. This team works to get them out (cbc.ca)
It may seem counterintuitive, but hospital emergency rooms can be hazardous to the health of elderly patients.
Elderly Health, Hospitals, Emergency Medicine, Patient Safety
13 points by canucker2016 23 days ago | 16 comments
New defib placement more than doubles odds of surviving cardiac arrest (newatlas.com)
Placing defibrillator pads on the chest and back, rather than the usual method of putting two on the chest, increases the odds of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by more than two-and-a-half times, according to a new study.
Medical Research, Health, Cardiac Arrest, Emergency Medicine
20 points by Brajeshwar 195 days ago | 3 comments
Injectable heart stimulator for emergency situations (lunduniversity.lu.se)
Medical Technology, Health, Emergency Medicine
4 points by geox 221 days ago | 0 comments
How one ED mobilized his department during a mass casualty incident (2017) (epmonthly.com)
Emergency Medicine, Healthcare, Case Studies
298 points by CrispyKerosene 236 days ago | 111 comments
Emergency rooms are not okay (yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com)
Healthcare, Emergency Medicine, Public Health
57 points by EndXA 275 days ago | 63 comments