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If you are at a loss for the name of a drug or meaning
of an acronym, visit www.pharma-lexicon.com.
This database lists more than 70,000 pharmaceutical
and medical acronyms and abbreviations. A variety of
categories, including medical abbreviations, pharmaceutical
companies, the Merck Manual, medical articles and books,
helps narrow your search.
Because one medical acronym may have numerous meanings,
the search results list all the possibilities. You then
can choose what information you want to read about from
a list of articles. The search engine is fast and the
site features a link to download the database to your
PDA. The database is updated daily and is free to use.
There is no end to the way patients can be injured.
Because all hospitalized patients spend time in hospital
beds, the safety of these beds needs to be assured.
The Food and Drug Administration has partnered with
a group of representatives from companies that make
medical beds, patient advocacy groups and federal agencies
to form a work group to improve the safety of hospital
beds for patients at risk for injury. The Hospital Bed
Safety Work Group Web site [www.fda.gov/cdrh/beds]
includes safety alerts about entrapment hazards associated
with hospital beds and a bed safety brochure. The related
information link provides general information on adverse
events and medical device reporting.
Looking for the latest in lung health? Check out the
Pulmonary and Critical Care Update Online site at www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu.
This site posts continuing education material on pulmonary
and critical care issues. Materials for educating children
about asthma and smoking, including word searches and
quizzes, are available in English and Spanish under
the downloads section. Professionally done speaker kits
contain information about tobacco and lung cancer. These
include PowerPoint presentations that can be downloaded
in their entirety and used as is or modified. Finally,
patient fact sheets in English and Spanish discuss bronchoscopy,
asthma, COPD, lung transplantation, cough, mechanical
ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation.
If you are looking for a site to practice your 12-lead
skills, visit www.12leadecg.com.
The site is intended as a supplement to the book 12-Lead
ECG: The Art of Interpretation, and includes 30 practice
12-lead graphic simulations with corresponding instruction
and commentary. Flashcards also can be downloaded. The
cards are displayed individually on the screen and ask
a question from a category you choose, such as anatomy,
electrophysiology, myocardial infarction, PR interval
or the P wave. When you submit your answer, the correct
answer and an explanation are displayed. An online glossary
allows you to search by term and find definitions.
For the latest information on what is happening on
the pre-hospital front and what the hot topics are in
the emergency medical services community, visit the
Journal of Emergency Medical Services Web site [www.jems.com].
This site provides frontline information for first responders
and firefighters.
The journal's mission is to educate, inform and challenge
customers in the emergency services community. The site
includes articles from the journal and FireRescue magazine,
in addition to online newsletters. The latest stories
of interest for EMS are posted on topics such as military
call-ups, the use of the Trendelenburg position and
legislative updates.
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