Personnel Administration.

Prehospital fentanyl administration by ambulance personnel

Background Acute pain is one of the most common problems faced in prehospital emergency medicine. Sufficient prehospital pain therapy reduces psychological and emotional stress. Other clinical benefits include optimized conditions for patient transport, increased patient satisfaction and a better chance of timely and proper analgesia at the emergency department. Unfortunately, undertreatment of...

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL Administrative Personnel

Governor of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Napolitano Superintendent of Public Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Horne Student Regent (voting), appointed to June 2004 ....

Off-label administration of drugs to healthy military personnel. Dubious ethics of preventive measures.

A lthough there are exceptions, the principle of primum nil nocere remains the cornerstone of the practice of medicine. In the well known handbook, Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics a case is presented which raises doubts about the permissibility of offlabel administration of certain drugs to healthy troops as a preventive measure. The following citation from this h...

Feasibility of neuroprotective agent administration by prehospital personnel in an urban setting.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies have demonstrated the importance of early stroke treatment. If a neuroprotective agent (NA) clinical trial is successful, the greatest benefit might be attained with early prehospital administration. This study determined the potential reduction in time to treatment of stroke patients when NAs were administered in the prehospital setting. METHODS Twenty-three ur...

War and Peace: The Evolution of Modern Personnel Administration in U.S. Industry