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With Drug Overdoses Increasing, Medical Offices Respond with Naloxone
Every day an average of 130 Americans die from a drug overdose, with opioids involved in 68% of deaths1. As medical professionals work to minimize the spectrum of risk factors related...
Prepare Your Medical Office to Respond to a Cardiac Medical Emergency
With nearly half of the U.S. population at risk, are you ready for a cardiac medical emergency in your facility?
As the #1 cause of death in the United States, cardiovascular disease...
5 Cost-Saving Reasons to Automate Your Crash Cart
If not managed well, crash carts are an audit and patient safety risk to your medical facility. Expired emergency medications, recalled medications, out-of-compliance lots, and lack of documentation on the drug...
Medical Emergency Preparation Guide For Physicians [INFOGRAPHIC]
Be Ready To Respond to a Medical Emergency
Most medical practices inevitably need to provide medical help to someone experiencing one of the five most common medical emergency conditions. You’ll want to...
HealthFirst Members Get 50% Life Support Training Discount
HealthFirst has partnered with the ACLS Certification Institute to offer a 50% discount to members on core medical emergency life support training. Founded in 2010, the institute is the largest online...
Banyan is Now HealthFirst: New Name, Same Mission
By Earl Greene, Vice President and General Manager
As 2018 comes to an end we would like to thank you for your support and the opportunity to provide you with life-saving medications,...
Managing an Allergic Reaction To Contrast Dye
Every week, HealthFirst representatives learn from our customers how they have managed a medical emergency using their emergency medical kit or crash cart. The most recent example—an allergic reaction—comes from a...
With Opioid Crisis Growing, Doctors Need to be Equipped with Naloxone
Naloxone quickly has become a key medication that all medical professionals should have on hand, and be ready to use in a medical emergency, says Dr. Arthur Pancioli, chair of the...
Dr. Pancioli’s Advice to Physicians: Be Ready for Medical Emergencies
Dr. Arthur Pancioli thinks often about that very ill patient in your waiting room who should instead be in an emergency room. As chairman of the Department of Medicine at the...
Pain Clinic Revives Patient Suffering Possible Opioid Overdose
Medical emergencies can happen at any time in a medical practice or facility. Every week, HealthFirst representatives learn from our customers how they have managed a medical emergency using their emergency...
