Blood pressure and heart rate (pulse) are two important vital signs measured during a healthcare visit. Blood pressure (BP) is a measure of the force of blood on the blood vessel walls. Blood vessels ...

In addition to regular exercise and not smoking, diet is one of the best ways to protect your heart. That’s because inflammation, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other heart disease risk ...

About 30 per cent of patients who require hospital admission are still waiting in emergency eight hours after arrival, according to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Long wait ...

One nurse recalled a patient dying after a cardiac arrest “by the male toilet”. Another alleged having to treat cardiac arrests “with no crash bell, crash trolley, oxygen, defibrillator ...

Because public health agencies have learned that these patients had bird flu days or weeks after the person became ill, it has hampered efforts to find out how they were exposed and make sure they ...

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that ...

The patient choked, desaturated while reconfiguring bays." - "We have had cardiac arrests in the corridor or in cubicles blocked by patients on trolleys in front of them, delaying lifesaving CPR.

Demoralised medics report caring for as many as 40 patients in a single corridor, unable to access oxygen, cardiac monitors, and vital suction equipment to clear blocked airways. The survey tells ...

Staff said the overcrowding had delayed efforts to save patients who had gone into cardiac arrest. Some told of leaving in tears after being unable to move such patients into the resuscitation ...

If you have a heart condition, you can fly safely as a passenger on an airplane, but you need to be aware of your risks and take necessary precautions. Heart conditions that can lead to health ...

Nurses warned such practices put patients at risk as staff were unable to access vital equipment such as oxygen, heart monitors and suction equipment, and did not have the time and space to ...

Lessons from trans health care about the irreplaceable role of the patient could pave the way for a better understanding of what’s truly at stake. This siege on trans health care involves so ...