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Penn Medicine News: Half of Americans Live More Than an Hour Away From Lifesaving Stroke Care (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

PHILADELPHIA – When stroke strikes, choking off blood supply to the brain, every minute counts: Nearly 2 million neurons die each minute a stroke is left untreated, making it a race to recognize symptoms so that lifesaving “clot-busting” drugs can be administered.

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Half of Americans Live More Than an Hour Away From Lifesaving Stroke Care (Newswise)

When stroke strikes, choking off blood supply to the brain, every minute counts: Nearly 2 million neurons die each minute a stroke is left untreated, making it a race to recognize symptoms so that lifesaving "clot-busting" drugs can be administered. Forty-five percent of Americans - 135 million people -- are more than an hour away from primary stroke centers, the facilities that are best ...

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Wound care specialist sells Philadelphia home - Blockshopper


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Wound care specialist sells Philadelphia home
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Emmons is a wound care specialist at Acute Care Hospital. Previously, he was wound care coordinator at Kindred Healthcare. He received his BSN in nursing ...

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North Philadelphia Health to close Continuing Care Hospital - Bizjournals.com


North Philadelphia Health to close Continuing Care Hospital
Bizjournals.com
The closing of the long-term, acute-care hospital at 8th Street and Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia will result in about 100 layoffs. ...

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Catholic Health Initiatives Selects Six of Elsevier's Online Solutions To ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)


Catholic Health Initiatives Selects Six of Elsevier's Online Solutions To ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania , March 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com), a world leader in health care and medical publishing and ...

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HEALTH NEWSMAKERS - South Coast Today


HEALTH NEWSMAKERS
South Coast Today
"One thing all hospice volunteers have in common is a true desire to help," said Jo-Ann Richard, volunteer coordinator at Southcoast Home Care, ...

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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Names 54 Critical Care and Progressive Care Units Recipients of Fall 2009 Beacon Awards

Aliso Viejo, CA (PRWEB) January 27, 2010 -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently named 54 units - including 45 adult, six pediatric critical care and three progressive...

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