Roger White, MD, an anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic, revived a patient whose heart stopped beating for 96 minutes following a heart attack in January, according to an NPR report.
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Bills moving through Congress would lift some restrictions on flexible savings accounts, letting employees allocate pre-tax earnings to pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, according to a Minnesota Public Radio report.
The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services provides a free, downloadable poster to encourage proper respiratory hygiene.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Hughes plans to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist when his football career ends, according to a WXYZ report.
The Greater Omaha Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable sterile processing checklist.
The Arizona Medical Board has voted to revoke the license of a former Phoenix pediatric anesthesiologist, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
B. Braun recently took over Medinic commercial operations and founded B. Braun Serbia, which recently opened and began marketing medical devices under the B. Braun name, according to a B. Braun news release.
St. Joseph Health System in Orange, Calif., has awarded $74,250 to PDI Surgery Center in Windsor, Calif., according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
Here are reports featuring 13 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Downloadable Patient Safety Tools and Resources database during the week of Aug. 15-Aug. 19.
Jen Johnson, CFA, has been promoted to partner of VMG Health.