Aug
22
2010
Medical Diagnosis and Emergency Medical Services
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Medical Diagnosis and Emergency Medical Services
Medical diagnosis has two different medical dictionary definitions. The first is âthe detection of a disease or condition by its external symptoms or signsâ. The second is âthe analysis of the primary biochemical or physiological cause of a disease or conditionâ.
Medical diagnosis includes a wide range of tests. Combined study of such tests is the method for medical diagnostics. The conclusion obtained through medical diagnosis is diagnosis.
Emergency Medical Services:
Emergency medical services (EMS) are the services provided out-of-hospital for transportation purposes, to best care centers for patients in cases of emergency. One of the most common emergency medical services is the ambulance service.
In certain nations, people refer an EMS organization as a first aid squad, rescue squad, ambulance squad, life squad, ambulance corps, ambulance service or emergency squad. The aim of EMS is to offer treatment to those in medical urgencies or to take them to a definitive health care center.
Queen Isabella of Spain used the very first ambulance service, in the year 1487. A major reason for this ambulance service was to serve the Spanish army.
Air ambulance services are the aircrafts used for emergency medical help in certain remote places, where it is difficult for an usual ambulance to reach. The crew members of air ambulance services are always ready with equipments that offer medical treatment to seriously inured or ill patients.
Certain common equipments for air ambulance services are medicines, CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), stretchers, respirators, an ECG and a monitoring unit.
The medical squad of an air ambulance varies depending on nation, area, provider and type of air ambulance service. It contains more than one member such as a Paramedic or an Emergency Medical Technician, physician or sometimes a flight nurse.
Pilots of air ambulance service need to have a huge deal of experience in piloting, since the conditions for air ambulance aircrafts are very challenging.
Therefore, all the pilots, crew members and the aircraft of air ambulance service itself need to satisfy all the standards of safety. Sometimes, space is present for one or more passengers along with the patient in almost every air ambulance.
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Cork twins, Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf, who were separated by surgeons in London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, Arrived home to Cork on the 21st of May, just one month after the operation. The twins arrived at Cork airport in an Air Corp Casa aircraft which transported them, their parents Angie and Azzedine and sisters Malika and Iman. The CASA CN-235 is mostly used by the Irish Air Corps for maritime patrol and troop transport but is also can be converted in to an air ambulance. Made in Spain the aircraft is considered one of the most adaptable and capable transport aircraft in the world. The boys were taken to the paediatric unit at Cork University Hospital, and returned home to Carrigtwohill in Co Cork in a matter of days. An Taoiseach Brian Cowen described the boys progress as “very heart warming”. “They have been great battlers since December when they were born,” he said. “We wish them and the family well in the months and years ahead.” The progress made by the twins, who were conjoined at the chest when born, delighted the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London from which they were discharged before the flight on the Air Ambulance: “They are doing really well. They are growing constantly and at a reasonable rate. I have no concerns,” said surgeon, Edward Kiely, who led a team of specialists that operated on the boys for 14 hours. Their parents, Angie and Azzedine Benhaffaf said before the flight: “We are so relieved and so happy to announce that our little …
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