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Tractor Trailer Crash in Dallas Kills Two

Residents living along Interstate 635 in Dallas between Midway and Marsh were awakened by the sound of a loud crash at about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, March 12. A small passenger vehicle ran under a tractor trailer truck on the Westbound side of the freeway,...

13 March, 2008 / 0 Comments

New method for CPR Boosts Heart Attack / Cardiac Arrest Survival

In the realm of life-saving techniques, a revolutionary approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is capturing widespread attention. Emergency teams are shifting away from immediate defibrillation and, instead, endorsing a groundbreaking strategy involving an initial series of 200 chest compressions. Termed minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation or...

12 March, 2008 / 0 Comments

Study: More Recent Airbag Design Does Not Increase Risk of Death

A study published in the March edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology found that second-generation airbags (those placed in passenger vehicles from the model years 1998-2005) do not place drivers at a greater risk than those in vehicles from model years 1994-1997. These...

11 March, 2008 / 0 Comments

Family of Four Killed in Fatal Semi-Truck Accident

On their way to Dallas for a medical procedure last weekend, a Missouri family of four was struck from behind by a 2007 Freightliner at an intersection in Pryor, Oklahoma. The driver, 53-year old James Buchholz has been charged with four counts of negligent...

11 March, 2008 / 0 Comments

Doctors Working on Too Little Sleep

Did your doctor get enough sleep last night? An Internet-based survey by the American College of Chest Physicians Sleep Institute indicates: probably not. Though 70 percent of the 581 physicians who responded that they need at least 7 hours of sleep for peak performance...

10 March, 2008 / 0 Comments

Teen Passengers More Likely to Die in Crashes than Children

A recent report published in the March edition of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that teens are more likely to die in automobile accidents than children. Looking at crashes involving passengers aged 8-17, those with passengers age 12 and older were...