Category Archives: Emergency Medicine

SAVING LIVES WITH GUS: What’s an AED and do you know how to use it?

April 11th, 2013 - 9:11 am

Launched on April 11, 2013, this is the first video in a new video series, Saving Lives With Gus, which is designed to educate, entertain and deliver life-saving tips with high-tech mannequins. Share this video with your networks using #SavingLivesWithGus on Twitter … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Feature: SAVING LIVES WITH GUS

April 11th, 2013 - 8:12 am

  Mayo Clinic is launching a new video series, Saving Lives With Gus, which is designed to educate, entertain and deliver life-saving tips with high-tech mannequins. The series will be made available to media outlets as well as the public … Continue reading →

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Tips for Injury-Free Snow Shoveling

December 19th, 2012 - 10:31 am

  Shoveling snow can provide good exercise when done correctly. It can prove harmful if people try to take on more than they can handle or use faulty techniques. Here are some tips from physicians at Mayo Clinic Health System … Continue reading →

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Tricks, Treats & Halloween Safety

October 31st, 2012 - 11:00 am

In all the Halloween excitement, it is easy for children to forget important safety rules as they head out for an evening of trick-or-treating. Whether your children are old enough to go out on their own, or you are going with … Continue reading →

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Keeping Hunters Out of the Hospital

October 11th, 2012 - 10:43 am

Errant gunshots are an obvious health risk during fall hunting season, but a range of other dangers also can send hunters to the hospital or worse: heart attacks, injured backs and broken bones are among the most common medical emergencies. … Continue reading →

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Busy Harvest Season Adds to Farming Dangers

October 11th, 2012 - 10:26 am

The hectic fall harvest is under way, and that means the dangers of everyday farm work — one of the nation’s most hazardous occupations — are compounded by the rush to bring in crops on time. Many agricultural injuries can … Continue reading →

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Miracle Patient Experience Recognized as Outstanding Story

October 5th, 2012 - 8:41 am

Congratulations to our Mayo Clinic News Network team members on their peer recognition for the powerful way they shared a miraculous patient story. This takes the saying,  “Everything happens for a reason,” to the extreme. Reporter Vivien Williams and Producer/Photographer/Director Andy Shilts … Continue reading →

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YES Board Creates Efficiencies in Emergency Rooms

July 9th, 2012 - 12:44 pm

When minutes matter, Yes is the best answer. And emergency room physicians at Mayo Clinic are finding the YES Board is the place to find answers. A common problem in many health care institutions is that data come from so many … Continue reading →

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CPR in a Few Easy Steps

June 8th, 2012 - 12:07 pm

Just the idea of performing CPR can intimidate the average person, whether it’s the thought of what’s at stake or simply trying to remember all of the steps. A move to simplify cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices for the public is one … Continue reading →

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