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Breathing new life
Published December 5, 2008, 12:11 am, Napa Valley Register
When a chemical explosion rattled San Francisco Airport in 1989, Dean Violet had no idea that he’d end up as a lung transplant recipient.
Drug users more likely to end up in costly ICUs
Published December 4, 2008, 11:53 pm, Deseret Morning News
People who abuse drugs or alcohol are twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care, according to a joint BYU-LDS Hospital study published in the journal Intensive Care Medicine. And that likely drives overall medical costs higher.
City pushes cooling therapy for cardiac arrest
Published December 4, 2008, 10:33 pm, Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Published: Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 5:16 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 3:57 p.m.
Family, friends rush to the rescue after contractor's on-the-job heart attack
Published December 4, 2008, 10:27 pm, Pioneer Press
On Thanksgiving night, Billy King slipped his hand into that of one of his oldest friends and neighbors, Scott Burr, and prayed for a little resistance.
LI hospitals eye cooling technique in cardiac cases
Published December 4, 2008, 6:11 pm, Newsday
Long Island hospitals are quickly developing plans to dramatically cool people who've experienced cardiac arrest, dropping their body temperature 8 degrees below normal in a new way to spare lives.
Injured former Rocky football player Travis Hearn passes away
Published December 4, 2008, 4:47 pm, Quad-City Times
UPDATED:11:06 p.m.: Injured former Rock Island High School football player Travis Hearn, 19, died Thursday evening at Trinity Medical Center-West Campus, Rock Island, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
City Pushes Cooling Therapy for Cardiac Arrest
Published December 4, 2008, 8:14 am, The Hendersonville Times-News
Ambulances will take patients to specially equipped hospitals, believed to reduce the chances of brain damage.
Giants Vendor Settles with Paralyzed Girl's Family for $25 Million
Published December 4, 2008, 8:03 am, Gothamist
In 1999, a NJ man who attended a Giants game--where he was served enough beer to have 0.266 blood alcohol level (legal limit is 0.08)--drove into oncoming traffic, paralyzing a 2-year-old girl and injuring her mother. Now it's revealed the Giants' beer vendor, Aramark, settled with the Verni family for $25 million . The settlement was split between daughter Antonia, now 11 and a quadriplegic ...
Gary woman dies from beating
Published December 4, 2008, 7:06 am, The Times of Northwest Indiana
GARY | A 72-year-old Gary woman died of her injuries at a local hospital Tuesday afternoon more than three months after being attacked in her home.
Rare skin condition threatens to take woman's life: Side-effects from innocuous antibiotics blamed for skin loss
Published December 4, 2008, 4:13 am, The Telegram
A Mount Pearl woman is in the intensive care unit at the Health Sciences Centre fighting for her life after a one-in-a-million condition left her without skin on 70 per cent of her body.
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