‘Home to Hospital’ scheme would provide ambulance services assisted by Centralized Accident & Trauma Services (CATS) for critical illness and accident cases.
Specialized Ambulance Improves Treatment Time for Ischemic Stroke
Using an ambulance that included a CT scanner, point-of-care laboratory, telemedicine connection and a specialized prehospital stroke team resulted in decreased time to treatment for ischemic stroke.
Using an ambulance that included a CT scanner, point-of-care laboratory, telemedicine connection and a specialized prehospital stroke team resulted in decreased time to treatment for ischemic stroke.
"At present, CATS has 155 ambulances. We plan to procure 110 new ambulances besides setting up of a modern and state-of-the-art control room to support the new initiative," a senior official in the health department said. He added that additional manpower will be provided for the new ambulances as well as human resource deficit in the existing 155 ambulances and control room.
Dr Shakti Gupta, who heads the hospital administration department at AIIMS, said the proposed increase in number of ambulances would be of great help. "In order to cater to additional needs such as home care we need to augment the infrastructure as well," he said.
Temperature Drop Linked With Slower Ambulance Response Time
A new study reveals that the ambulance response time drops by more than 1 percent with every one degree drop in air temperature during winter.
A new study reveals that the ambulance response time drops by more than 1 percent with every one degree drop in air temperature during winter.
Fewer Ambulance Calls Thanks To No-smoking Law in Colorado Casinos
Ambulance calls to casinos in Gilpin County dropped about 20 percent, when smoking was banned from casinos in Colorado, according to research.
Ambulance calls to casinos in Gilpin County dropped about 20 percent, when smoking was banned from casinos in Colorado, according to research.
New System Monitors Internal Hemorrhaging of Patients in Air Ambulance Services
It consists of a patient monitor that tracks the heart and respiratory rates along with blood pressure, and a connected computer that processes the data.
It consists of a patient monitor that tracks the heart and respiratory rates along with blood pressure, and a connected computer that processes the data.
