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R K Levinson

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PubMed1999

The impact of auto accidents on medical care.

Dual air bags in cars have been standard equipment since 1994. Crumple zones are built into cars to absorb the impact of frontal and rear-end crashes. Virtually all states have mandated seatbelt use laws, and many states, including New Jersey, require motorcyclists to wear a helmet. Yet, more than 3 million Americans were injured in motor vehicle crashes in 1997, and 150,000 to 170,000 of those injuries were serious or extremely serious.

Abdominal Injuries↗
PubMed1999

Bloodless surgery.

Doctors and nurses in the forefront of the bloodless medicine and surgery movement say that virtually all hospitals now employ at least some facet of bloodless medicine. Because the strategies generally promote good health and save money, some New Jersey hospitals have even made bloodless medicine a standard of care regardless of patients' religious or moral convictions.

Blood Transfusion↗
PubMed1999

The 15/30 emergency room guarantee.

Emergency rooms strive to treat patients as quickly as possible. To ensure timely treatment, one New Jersey hospital system invokes a 15/30 guarantee: Evaluation by a nurse in 15 minutes and by a physician in 30 minutes. Is such a guarantee of emergency medical care working?

Emergency Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1999

Anaesthesiology. Current trends.

Anesthesiology is not just putting patients to sleep anymore. Increased regulatory oversight, technological advances, better short-acting drugs, and nontraditional approaches to anesthesiology practice are ushering this medical specialty into the 21st century.

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures↗