Stakeholders called on the Federal Government to enforce compulsory health insurance for all Nigerians, as part of an effort to tackle the high death rate of children under five in the country. The Nigerian government and key stakeholders in the health sector have over the years rolled out intervention programs to improve the health of …
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By Tyler Thomson Imagine this situation. You are first on the scene and the patient needs immediate medical attention, so you call an ambulance. The dispatcher informs that the EMS is on its way, but in 10-15 minutes. The patient bleeds, cries for help and loses consciousness. And after? In many communities, it is very …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 public domain Many police departments have banned the use of neck restraints, citing safety concerns following widely publicized incidents in recent years. However, new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that vascular neck restraint (VNR), when applied by trained law enforcement officers, is an effective and safe technique that officers …
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