First Paramedic Course To Use Second Life

You receive an emergency call. A female has collapsed in the street. You arrive outside the nightclub to find a young female slumped against a wall. There is no other bystander in the area and the caller has left the scene. As you approach the patient you notice she is singing in a slurred fashion. [...]

British Heart Foundation Recognises Heart Nurses For Exceptional Achievement

Nine British Heart Foundation (BHF) nurses have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to patient care and practice. The winners of the BHF’s first ever Nurse Excellence Rewards were announced at a special ceremony at the BHF’s nurse and healthcare conference.
Six nurses were recognised for excellence in cardiac clinical practice, and two as excellent BHF [...]

Oral health is clearly an educational, health and economic issue

Kentucky is next to last in the nation in dental health, but there is hope for local residents.
“Oral health is clearly an educational, health and economic issue,” said University of Kentucky School of Dentistry professor Dr. Raynor Mullins.
“It’s pretty clear across all kinds of research, that oral health is directly affected by income and education [...]

History of Nursing Schools

United Kingdom
Florence Nightingale was one of the pioneers in establishing the idea of nursing schools from her base at St Thomas’ Hospital, London in 1860 when she opened the ‘Nightingale Training School for Nurses’. Her intention was to train nurses to a qualified level, with the key aim of learning to develop observation skills and [...]