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Nursing student’s first patient is her father; she helps save him after massive heart attack
Anna Kraemer, a 20-year-old second semester nursing student at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, thought briefly about reviewing the steps to CPR on her smart phone, but there was no time as she dragged the unconscious body out of the car onto the pavement outside the UK Emergency Department and began CPR. -
Manitoba's quick health-care fix
They were touted as a way for folks with minor health ailments to avoid six- to eight-hour waits in hospital emergency rooms, but in the 18 months since the first Quick Care clinic opened on McGregor Street, the clinics -- staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners -- have largely operated below the public's radar.