This is a health-care signage symbol to represent ophthalmology services, created by UC student Jesse McKinney. The symbols will soon be tested in national hospitals and via surveys in midwestern ...

Each side of the six-point star shape is meant to represent one of the primary functions of emergency medical services: detection, reporting, response, on-site care, in-transit care, and the ...

That blue star symbol isn’t random, and in fact, it’s an important part of modern, standard emergency medicine services. Read on to find out what it means and how it became a universal symbol.