Office Initiative Reduces Headaches And Neck And Shoulder Pain By More Than 40 Percent May 16, 2008
"Staff in the study group were asked to carry out a series of relaxation and posture exercises every two to three hours and provided with red labels to place around their work area to remind them to avoid excessive contraction of their head and shoulder muscles" explains lead author Professor Franco Mongini from the Headache and Facial Pain Unit at the University of Turin, Italy. "The exercises also included two daily periods of ten to 15 minutes when staff relaxed quietly at home in a... (Science Daily)
Cocaine-induced chest pain should be treated with caution Mar 20, 2008
Doctors need to make certain whether those with a suspected heart attack have used cocaine because if they did, the treatment should be different, said Dr. James McCord cardiology, director of the chest pain unit of the Henry Ford Medical System in Detroit. McCord said in a statement cited by healthday. (Food Consumer)
Cocaine Use May Result in Heart Attack Symptoms in Youths Mar 19, 2008
"More commonly, these are younger people. The most common age group is about 35 to 44 for patients who come to the emergency department after cocaine use, having chest pain," said Dr James McCord, cardiology director of the chest pain unit for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit who headed the panel that drafted the AHA statement. According to the AHA report, on most occasions, chest pain related to cocaine occurred within three hours of using the drug, but this is not always the case... (eFluxMedia)
ER Docs Must Ask About Cocaine, Group Says Mar 19, 2008
Cocaine increases blood pressure and the heart rate, constricting arteries into the heart, said McCord, cardiology director of the chest pain unit for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. "Your heart rate goes up because your heart needs more oxygen, then it shrinks the arteries to the heart," McCord said. (Click2Houston, TX)
Chest Pain May Signal Cocaine Use in Young Patients Mar 18, 2008
For patients with a suspected heart attack, doctors need to rule out cocaine use because exposure to the drug can affect their treatment, committee chair Dr. James McCord, cardiology director of the chest pain unit of the Henry Ford Medical System in Detroit, said in a prepared statement. He noted that two standard heart attack treatments -- beta-blockers and clot-busting drugs -- can be dangerous if a patient has been using cocaine. (Forbes)
Medical care has healthy heartbeat in Bay Area Feb 19, 2008
Its 225,000 square feet and six stories include three cardiovascular operating rooms, four catheterization labs, a critical care unit, a coronary care unit and a chest pain unit. The facility will serve an estimated 5,000 patients each year. (The Citizen - online, TX)
Case highlights rise in drug abuse by Rx Sep 14, 2007
Dr. Jane Ballantyne, chief of the hospital's pain unit, said some of "these patients [were] getting doses that other doctors won't prescribe.". Yet, she and other pain specialists said it can be very difficult even for the most astute doctors to detect drug abusers and get them into treatment. (Boston Globe)
Faster Heart Attack Care Saving Lives Jun 13, 2007
Next, an Emergency Heart Attack Response Team -- which includes an emergency department nurse, a critical care unit nurse, and a chest pain unit nurse -- moves the patient to the cath lab and prepares the patient for emergency PCI.. "Traditionally, most hospitals require the emergency department physician to contact a cardiologist who comes to see the patient. Only after the cardiologist sees the patient is the cath lab activated. Waiting for the cardiologist before activating the cath lab... (Health-Finder)
Swift system for heart attack care improves treatment, cuts costs Jun 12, 2007
The second part of the new protocol involved an in-house Emergency Heart Attack Response Team (EHART), consisting of an emergency department nurse, a critical care unit nurse and a chest pain unit nurse. Upon activation of the cath lab by the emergency department physician, this team arrived in the emergency department and immediately moved the patient to the cath lab and prepared the patient for emergency PCI.. (EurekAlert!)
New hospital ready to open in Bay Area Apr 6, 2007
It also has 60 private inpatient rooms, a 14-bed Coronary Care Unit, an eight-bed Chest Pain Unit, a Cardiac Rehab area, an Echocardiogram, EKG and Nuclear Medicine area and a high-tech auditorium. "A two-story atrium is adjacent to the existing facility and a second-story partially glass-enclosed pedestrian skywalk connects the two medical towers," she added. (The Citizen - online, TX)
