Nurses Notes - Make sure end-of-life care is ready, in writing Oct 3, 2008
What invasive tests and treatments you would or would not want if you were unconscious or had a terminal illness or injury. Directions for pain or symptom management at the end-of-life. (Missoulian, MT)
Ritual cleansing deaths: Families were members of Al-Arqam Oct 3, 2008
The couple died from head injuries and their 15-year-old niece was beaten unconscious. The family members were taken to HKL six hours later after the police were alerted. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Odenbreit benefit raises $1,200 Oct 3, 2008
The toddler was found unconscious in his family's swimming pool in July. He has since been in a comatose state. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Cops probe disco deaths Oct 3, 2008
Many children had been taken to hospital unconscious. The cause of the stampede remained unclear, but state-run Daily News newspaper said the stampede "started after the air-conditioning system in the building malfunctioned.". (iAfrica.com)
Teen injured in Hood-to-Coast relay talks about recovery Oct 3, 2008
Chelsee Caskey has made an incredible journey since she was struck Aug. 21 during the race, knocked unconscious and suffered a stroke ... She was still in the first leg of the race and had reached Scapoose when a passing car struck her, knocking her unconscious. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
One killed in Texas City rollover accident Oct 3, 2008
They were all unconscious, and we were afraid the gas leaking from the tank would catch fire. Harroll Smith estimated the vehicle flipped about 150 feet before coming to rest in the median, partially blocking the inside lane of the feeder road. (KHOU.com, TX)
Game blamed in boy's death at school Oct 3, 2008
The gym teacher found Tevin unconscious, hanging from a coat hook by his shirt, on January 30. He died two days later. (KHOU.com, TX)
The science of a long marriage Oct 3, 2008
"As people age, there is an unconscious or maybe conscious motivation to move toward the 'positivity effect,' " she says, citing medical research from Stanford University in California. "People realize that more years of their life have passed than are ahead. Time is like an oil supply that is running out, and as it runs out it becomes more valuable, and people think about how to use that time in a way that makes them happy.". (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Island Park crash Oct 3, 2008
Rash was unconscious when emergency personnel arrived and had to be extricated from the vehicle. He didn't regain consciousness before being airlifted to EIRMC.. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Bears suspend Harris for Lions game Oct 3, 2008
Gross, who was knocked unconscious during last week's win against Atlanta, was held out of yesterday's workout. Coach John Fox hasn't ruled out him out for Sunday against Kansas City, saying he's "day to day.". (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Minorities Less Likely to Plan for End-Of-Life Care Oct 3, 2008
There is some evidence, the researchers note, that unconscious racial bias influences some doctors' treatment of patients -- but whether bias affects doctors' communication about end-of-life care is unknown. Smith and his colleagues based their findings on interviews with 449 cancer patients who were believed to have fewer than six months left to live. (MEDLINEplus)
Nation Digest Railroad regulators issue cellphone ban Oct 3, 2008
Preliminary evidence released Wednesday by the NTSB appeared to rule out that he was unconscious at the time and could show that Sanchez, who was among the dead, was distracted at the time of the crash, experts said. Dallas. (Seattle Times)
Tanzania disco stampede arrests Oct 3, 2008
"They were unconscious. The problem was there were not enough cars to take the children to the hospital," he said. "Nobody was controlling the roads, a few police were there but they could not control the mass. "The children were just shouting, many of them did not know exactly what was happening. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cops: Help us find thug who beat man into a coma Oct 3, 2008
Carter, 35, was attacked near the corner of Stuyvesant and Hoffman avenues, where police found him unconscious and bleeding from a head wound. He remains comatose in a hospital. (The Trentonian, NJ)
More blowback from the war on terror Oct 3, 2008
They then slaughtered his goats, beat him unconscious, and slashed his shoulder to the bone, he said ... The questions his Ethiopian interrogators asked were nonstop, and always the same: "Are you al-Qaida? Are you an Ogadeni rebel? Are you part of the Somali insurgency?" Each time he said no, he was beaten, sometimes to the point of unconsciousness. (Salon)
Hidden racism confronts Obama Sep 25, 2008
As time went on, this view of black people deserving to be free but not believed to be racially equal dissolved into an unconscious premise for millions of Americans. A premise of this type, by definition, is a basic foundation of thinking that because of its general acceptance of being right becomes generally unconscious within the involved group over time. (Albany Times Union)
Six-year-old helps police arrest parents' killer Sep 25, 2008
Constable Gulab Sawle and his wife, Chitra, were found murdered at their Goregaon (east) residence on Tuesday night, while the youngest of their three daughters, Roshni (4), was lying unconscious with severe head injuries. Maheshwari saw her uncle, Devidas alias Aaba, walk out of the apartment and told the police how he would regularly threaten her father for not repaying a loan of Rs 15,000. (Times of India)
Child critical, parents arrested Sep 25, 2008
When police arrived the toddler was unconscious, Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said. Swain had just arrived home with her friend Brenda Tatum when she discovered the toddler lying on the sofa, Tatum said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Police briefs: Thief steals political sign about taxes Sep 25, 2008
As Crowley was crossing the street to stop the men, he allegedly saw Bavis punch the other man in the face twice, knocking the man unconscious on the ground, according to reports. Bavis allegedly kicked the victim in the legs and butt as he lay on the ground, spitting on the victim twice, according to police. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Couple facing charges of endangering children Sep 25, 2008
UPPER DARBY - A woman found unconscious in Naylor's Run Park with her children nearby was hospitalized, officials said. The father of the boys, ages 2 and 5, was arrested for two counts of endangering the welfare of children and public drunkenness. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Big East: Week 5 Sep 25, 2008
Starting linebacker collided with safety on a tackle in the second half, leaving Mompremier temporarily unconscious on the field. He was taken off the field by ambulance, then airlifted to the hospital. (Connecticut Sports -- Rivals.com)
Singh gets a fine-tune in time for Tour Championship Sep 24, 2008
Vijay Singh's domination of the FedExCup has been the result of a new trainer, golf technology and ridding his unconscious mind of "stored-up bad thoughts." ... "My unconscious mind had a lot of stored-up bad thoughts in there, and that was the key, to get rid of all that. I just tell myself I'm the best putter on the planet.". (USA Today -- Sports)
17-year-old arrested in Norcross hotel slaying Sep 24, 2008
Police officers found Montgomery lying unconscious in a breezeway outside of his room, bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to the neck. He was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Knut's Trainer, Caretaker Found Dead Sep 24, 2008
He apparently collapsed and became unconscious, the tabloid reported. Though the friend called 112 (the emergency number in Germany) and emergency doctors arrived at the friend's apartment within minutes, they were unable to resuscitate him. (ABC News)
Crash Eyewitness: I Heard Them Say, "Oh, My God" Sep 23, 2008
"We both took a step to go towards the plane like maybe we could do something. We couldn't, because now close to a minute has expired and the plane is burning badly. It was a totally helpless, hopeless situation. I knew they were dead and I was sure of it, because by now the plane is boiling, if the wreck didn't get them I know the flames did and I just hope that they were either dead or unconscious. "I heard no screams, I was grateful for that," Owens says. Owens recalls both Barker and AM were... (E! Online)
Ball State: WR Love's playing career likely over Sep 23, 2008
Love fell to the ground, briefly unconscious, and lay motionless for 15 minutes. He felt numbness in his arms and legs as he was strapped to a backboard. (ESPN -- College Football News)
Case of dead NY girl raises fairness questions Sep 23, 2008
Santiago reported finding the child unconscious. Investigators discovered she had been a virtual prisoner, confined to a room with dirty mattresses, a broken radiator, a wooden chair to which she was bound with a rope, and a litter box she was forced to use instead of a toilet. (Concord Monitor)
Decision saddens fans Sep 23, 2008
"They're on about the 11 and now eight seconds, the Dogs call time! ... It's set down. He puts it up. It looks good. Watch it. Watch it. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Three seconds left. Rex Robinson put them ahead, 17-16. The bench is unconscious." Score, Georgia 17, Kentucky 16. - 2001 Georgia vs. Tennessee. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Ex-assemblymans wife stabbed to death Sep 23, 2008
She was unconscious but I kept telling her to hold on. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Clayton fire forces out a dozen families Sep 22, 2008
Firefighters found a 30-year-old man unconscious and pulled him from the burning building, Merkison said. Recent headlines. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Survivor returns to Iwo Jima Sep 22, 2008
In May 1945, he says, U.S. troops found him wounded, unconscious and dehydrated. Out of 21,000 Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima, only about 1,000 had survived. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Teenager dies after joyride in stolen car Sep 22, 2008
Hager said the boy was unconscious and began convulsing. He rolled the boy on his side so he wouldn't choke. (Calgary Herald)
Abalone Diver Gets Sick Underwater, Dies Sep 22, 2008
After being taken to shore, he fell unconscious and stopped breathing. Medical personnel gave the man CPR.. (KCRA 3, CA)
More bodies pulled from hotel rubble in Pakistan Sep 22, 2008
"A truck filled with bricks was aflame near the entrance. People were shouting, 'Get away! Run away!' After a few minutes, there was a big explosion. I fell unconscious.". At the traffic square leading to the hotel, police had cordoned off the blast site and dozens of people stood in a somber mood. (International Herald Tribune)
11-year-old tries to find her smile Sep 22, 2008
Kiana, unconscious from the anesthetic, lay peacefully on the gurney, her face framed in a mop of soft curls. This article appeared on page A - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Man loses his life after canoe capsizes Sep 22, 2008
"We're waiting like 30 minutes until they finally get him out, and then, so, they bring the guy here and he's knocked completely unconscious," said Xavier Ramos. The man taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Man dies while abalone diving on North Coast Sep 22, 2008
After being taken to shore, he fell unconscious and stopped breathing. Medical personnel gave the man CPR. The sheriff's department says the man is from San Francisco, but is not identifying him until his family is notified. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm Sep 21, 2008
Many were still strapped to their seats, either knocked unconscious by the impact of the failed landing, suffocated by noxious fumes, or consumed by the flames that quickly spread through the McDonnell Douglas MD-82. Investigators have recovered the plane's two "black box" flight data recorders, which will be sent to the US for analysis. (Yahoo News -- Thailand)
Fatal crash puts focus on transit agency Sep 21, 2008
He also "asked them a question about what type of system is in the cab if the engineer becomes unconscious or not able to run the train anymore. I asked that yesterday," he said Friday. "They still haven't sent an answer back to me.". (Boston Globe)
SoCal rail collision altered lives Sep 21, 2008
" Had he been on the train, he said, perhaps he could have helped some of the injured. "It's a hard feeling to get out of your mind," he said. ___ Landis is unsure how long he was unconscious, but when he awoke he was trapped in the wreckage with a pair of firefighters standing above him, trying to get him out. Another passenger was shouting for help. Saws were cutting through metal somewhere else on the train. His cell phone was ringing nonstop but he couldn't move his arm to answer it. It was... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Death toll from Pakistan hotel blast reaches 53 Sep 21, 2008
Others lay on the ground, either unconscious or dead ... Others lay on the ground, either unconscious or dead ... Others lay on the ground, either unconscious or dead. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Murder Charges in Death of Toddler Sep 21, 2008
He was found unconscious inside a residence in the 2200 block of Creighton Road. The child was transported to VCU Medical Center, where he died. (WTVR.com, VA)
Couple Falls To Death After Night Of Partying Sep 21, 2008
21, and , 19, both of the Bronx, were found unconscious on White Plains Road at about 5:30 a.m.. They apparently fell from a rooftop -- a known hangout for young people in the area -- and died from their injuries. (WNBC.com, NY)
California: Metrolink rail collision altered many lives Sep 21, 2008
Landis is unsure how long he was unconscious, but when he awoke he was trapped in the wreckage with a pair of firefighters standing above him, trying to get him out. Another passenger was shouting for help. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Woodmans return still seeking answers Sep 20, 2008
Cathy and Jeffrey Woodman visited the site yesterday where their son, David, was arrested and lay unconscious before his death last June. (WENDY MAEDA/GLOBE STAFF) By Maria Cramer Globe Staff / September 19, 2008. (Boston Globe)
Sweet but Deadly It's safe for people, but this increasingly common... Sep 20, 2008
Ditto even if you don't think your dog ate anything that could contain the sweetener, but he's showing signs of lethargy, staggering, tremors or seizures, or is unconscious. Some, but not all, dogs also vomit and have diarrhea. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Witnesses claim suicide bomber blew himself up at madrassa gate Sep 20, 2008
Ahmad had no visible wounds, but moments later, he collapsed unconscious and doctors rushed to revive him. The madrassa is situated about 15 kilometres north of Quetta. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Sleeping-pill users face kitchen chaos as they binge eat in sleep Sep 20, 2008
Some doctors urge patients to install a chime on their bedroom door, to alert them when they are on an unconscious food foray. But even that may not be enough. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
Motorist is killed in Rt. 29 crash Sep 20, 2008
Bernard Johnson was unconscious on the hood and his brother was seriously injured. Both were taken to Capital Health System at Fuld's hospital's trauma center in Trenton. (NJ.com -- Times)
Woman pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide Sep 20, 2008
Wyoming Highway Patrol officer Scott Keane stated in the affidavit that when he responded to the crash near Powder River, he found the three passengers were unconscious. Snay told him she had been driving the car and had been drinking. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Firefighter dismissed from day job after getting injury saving a life Sep 20, 2008
firefighter who helped carry an unconscious woman from a killer apartment fire early Tuesday has been fired from his day job after revealing he suffered a hernia in the rescue effort. Dustin Zeek, 23, of the Falls Township Fire Department, and other firefighters pulled Wesley McKinnon, 21, and his girlfriend, Whitney Sanders, out of their burning, smoky unit at Colonial Gardens at 490 Plaza Blvd. in Morrisville, Pa. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Man charged with attempted murder of father Sep 20, 2008
Matthew said Eric was involved in a heated verbal confrontation with their father, and when he tried to get between them his brother started a physical conflict with him, said Lt. GaryEdwards of the Wetumpka PD. Apparently the father then tried to break up the brothers and he was struck and knocked unconscious. . (Wetumpka Herald, AL)
Mother's Trial Starts for Beating Death of Brooklyn Girl Sep 19, 2008
Santiago reported finding the child unconscious in the family's three-bedroom apartment. Investigators discovered she had been a virtual prisoner, confined to a room with dirty mattresses, a broken radiator, a wooden chair to which she was bound with a rope, and a litter box she was forced to use instead of a toilet. (New York Post)
Infant survives being thrown from truck Sep 19, 2008
Rosalina Ramirez was knocked unconscious by the impact, and the infant on her lap was ejected from the truck, police said. Hemenegildo Ramirez suffered a small laceration to his right ear, Rosalina Ramirez suffered a bruised lung and a fractured right leg, and Lyghts suffered an abrasion to her left elbow and complained of pain in her neck and left arm. (Santa Maria Times)
Central Texas Man Charged In Auto-Pedestrian Accident Sep 19, 2008
(September 18, 2008)Adam Ray Mitchell, 21, of Killeen, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid in connection with an accident on Sunday on South Fort Hood Street that left a pedestrian unconscious and lying in a ditch. Bond was set at $100,000. (KWTX.com, TX)
Two Fremont police officers honored for saving woman from fire Sep 19, 2008
Two Fremont police officers who rushed into a burning apartment to rescue an unconscious woman have been awarded the state's highest public-safety award by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ... But they regrouped and went back inside, saw the unconscious woman's feet and pulled her outside, authorities said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Heart attack patients see the light Sep 19, 2008
It will be similar to the study that I undertook in our intensive care unit [when patients who had been unconscious were asked to give their experiences] but on a much larger scale. We are also trialling a new device, which will measure oxygen perfusion to the brain during cardiac arrest, which in itself could enhance future resuscitation techniques. (WalesOnline)
Bomb kills 5 at Pakistani religious school Sep 19, 2008
Ahmad had no visible wounds, but moments later, he collapsed unconscious and doctors rushed to revive him. Later Friday, unknown gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in Quetta, killing one officer and wounding one policeman and a passer-by, Ishtiaq said. (New York Post -- News)
Police investigate injured juvenile Sep 19, 2008
The juvenile, whose name was not disclosed by authorities, was found unconscious and unresponsive by Columbia police officers at 245 Dawson Drive. Detective Joey Gideon could not provide detailed information about the circumstances that led to the juvenile being hospitalized or the nature of his injuries. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Men rescued from bore hole Sep 18, 2008
Emergency services were called just before 9am today to the bore paddock in , where two men were unconscious at the bottom of a water bore. A spokeswoman for Emergency Management Queensland said it was unclear how long the men had been unconscious, but thick fumes were pouring from the hole when fire crews arrived ... Both men were unconscious, but breathing, while police, ambulance, fire, SES crews and a doctor from St George Hospital all waited on the surface. (Courier Mail)
Flynn, battling cancer, collapses Sep 18, 2008
He said Flynn was unconscious for about five minutes, but came to when paramedics took him outside. Maureen E. Feeney, City Council president, said last night that she has spoken with people who have seen Flynn recently and that he seemed "wonderful.". (Boston Globe)
Local boy injured in traffic accident Sep 18, 2008
He was reportedly unconscious at the time police arrived and he later regained consciousness before being transported. He was taken to a Billings hospital by Laurel Ambulance and later transported by air to Denver Children's Hospital in Denver, CO. He is being treated for head trauma injuries. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Three Children in Critical Condition After Fire Sep 18, 2008
All were unconscious when firefighters pulled them from the burning home. Their mother, Nicole Cherise Allen, said she in front of the home, and didn't see smoke coming from the kitchen. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Woman guilty in assault that put man in coma Sep 18, 2008
Investigators said that although unconscious, the victim was propped up while Risher struck him in the head with a bottle. And then they left him there, left him for dead, Clariday said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Let farmers work Sep 18, 2008
EDS wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:18 AM:" I often wonder how many carpenters and how much wood it takes to enlarge the doors of the houses you liberal whackos live in so that your heads will fit going in. To say you environmentally unconscious individuals can put anybody out of business anymore is a figment of your imaginatios. The courts of law are now turning in favor of the grass seed farm owners. Same with that stupid spotted owl controversy. Get over it - the tide is turning. ". orguy wrote on... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
