The use of tear gas as a Riot Control Agent (RCA) by law enforcement agencies has dramatically increased in recent years and is used worldwide to control riots, protests and civil unrest (Rothenburg...
‘an overwhelming uncontrolled, systemic inflammatory response which is mediated by the immune system, the vascular endothelium and inflammatory pathways in response to an infective trigger’ .
Because bacterial meningitis is life-threatening, early diagnosis and treatment is vital (Brouwer et al, 2012)—the necessity of which is underlined in a study that demonstrated an association between...
These tables illustrate that whether paramedic or ECP, the average work load and patient demographics are relatively similar..
One ongoing delay to the administration of treatment to patients with acute STEMI is the delay between the onset of symptoms for a patient and the time when they call for help. This is often...
Ketamine was developed by Parke-Davis in 1962 in an attempt to develop a safer alternative to phencyclidine (PCP). It was initially used medically on American soldiers in Vietnam. Ketamine has...
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