Holidays in Italy, a position of the IRC (Italian Resuscitation Council) turns the spotlight on safety, and more precisely on the presence and characteristics of Dae defibrillators on beaches and shelters
Exoskeletons – wearable devices used by workers on assembly lines or in warehouses to alleviate stress on their lower backs – may compete with valuable resources in the brain while people work, canceling out the physical benefits of wearing…
Spencer has chosen Emergency Expo: the historical company, producer of excellent products for ambulances and rescue in general, has set up a double stand at Roberts' online exhibition
The Berlin Feuerwerhmuseum is located in the city of Tegel in the Reinickendorf neighborhood. It is recognizable thanks to an imposing MBB Bo 105 model rescue helicopter displayed in front of the building that attracts the attention of all…
Pan-resistance in the USA: The CDC in Atlanta has issued a weekly report sounding the alarm for the USA because it has recently detected pan-resistance in two independent groups of Candida auris (C. auris) in health facilities in Texas and…
Sudden patient death during ambulance transport: has a patient ever taken you by surprise? That is, has a cardiorespiratory arrest ever occurred while you were in the crew, in a patient's home, or in your own ambulance, without any warning?
There is "no reason" that someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding shouldn't get vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the latest push to get more people jabbed
Medulloblastoma: Hospital researchers with the Universities of Tor Vergata, Sapienza and Trento have discovered the mechanism of the most aggressive form of the disease and identified drugs to block its growth
Due to the Covid-19 emergency, ambulance fitters have had a very particular and stressful year: on the one hand, there was an urgent demand for emergency vehicles, and on the other, the country's economic activities came to a standstill,…
AED, the so-called 'Good Samaritan Law', the legislation that modifies the use of life-saving devices, has been passed: legal liability for those who provide aid is excluded
Ethiopia (Africa): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, today started a six-day mission to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Holland / The association of the National Ambulance and First Aid Museum (Nationaal Ambulance- en Eerste Hulp Museum) was created in 1988 and manages the museum in the Dutch city of Leiden
Indonesia, the $134 million handed over by Akidi Tio's family will go towards oxygen supplies, a self-quarantine facility and support for health workers
Relentless attacks on patients, health staff and medical facilities in Central African Republic (CAR) during a countrywide surge in violence are forcing the suspension of medical activities and seriously constraining people’s access to…
Jean-Claude Picot, creator of the “Musée du Patrimoine du Sapeur-Pompier”, was born in 1938 in Beaune, France, in the family apartment that was located just a few meters away from the Fire Department of the town. His father was Chief of…
Italia Emergenza's course "Autism Spectrum Disorder; from diagnosis to rehabilitation interventions" is a suitable course for all health professionals to provide specific skills in recognising this disorder and transform into practice…
Italy, Guido Parisi is the new Chief of the National Fire Brigade. He will succeed, from 1 August 2021, Fabio Dattilo, who has held the prestigious post since December 2018
Italian paediatricians talk about the Covid vaccine. Why vaccinate children against Covid-19? And then: is the vaccine safe? Does it protect against variants? Are there any side effects?
Ema gives go-ahead to Covid Moderna vaccine for young people aged 12 and over, company says: "We hope to help get teenagers safely back to school in the autumn".
Modena fire brigade called for a major intervention: the flames broke out last night in a building in via Emilia Ovest: among the people immediately transported to the three local hospitals was a two-year-old girl, who had been intoxicated…
A truly comprehensive study by Juan Jesús Roldán-Gómez on the use of drone swarms in forest firefighting and how this use of robotic technologies affects the efficiency and safety of the fire brigade.
EENA, the European Emergency Number Association, is now at Emergency Expo. EENA is a non-governmental organisation with the mission to contribute to improving the safety and protection of people
According to monitoring by the Gimbe Foundation, the incidence of the Delta variant of Covid is increasing, while the vaccination campaign seems to have come to a standstill
Devastating floods have hit Henan province (China): rainfall of at least 40 cm is being dealt with by 1,800 firefighters and the PLA, the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Today we are talking about a little bit of Italian pride. No, football has nothing to do with it: we're talking about the Piaggio MP3 and its importance in Israel's emergency rescue system
Delta and Epsilon variant, Professor Liborio Stuppia, Director of Molecular Genetics at the University of Chieti: 'I'm not worried about rare variants, but those that immediately create outbreaks'
Ford and Venari Group today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding for a new alliance to take cooperation between the two businesses on emergency vehicles to the next level
South Sudan, zero anti-Covid vaccines. The president of the National Forum of Journalists in the African country describes the emergency situation: "We continue to deal with insecurity, violence and lack of food and services"
A London-wide service was then created in 1965 when one ambulance service was formed in London from parts of nine already existing services. It had nearly 1,000 vehicles and 2,500 staff, a very impressive number compared to any other…
Peli has set up its own stand in Emergency Expo, and this allows Firefighters, Civil Protection volunteers and rescuers to deepen their knowledge with the many products of the company
South Sudan, no more Covid vaccines: most of the drugs were donated to neighbouring Kenya because of the risk that the vials would expire before they could be efficiently distributed
The drone has become a crucial tool in search and rescue operations, but there is no doubt that its use must be strictly regulated, given the dangers involved. Recently a new near collision between a helicopter and a sapr in Scotland
Maybe it could be hard to imagine today, but until the late 1890s if you had an injury of any kind, it was left to the police or the firefighters to organise the stretchers, named ‘litters’, to carry patients to the nearest hospital or…
In Memphis, Tennessee, a man is accused of stealing an ambulance from a city hospital. He was accused of stealing an ambulance from a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and bragged about it on his Facebook profile
EMA has started evaluating an application to extend the use of Kineret (anakinra) to include treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adult patients with pneumonia who are at risk of developing severe respiratory failure…
Africa has recorded a 43% week-on-week rise in COVID-19 deaths, as hospital admissions increase rapidly and countries face shortages in oxygen and intensive care beds
Bangladesh still under the grip of Covid-19: the number of deaths is about 200 a day, hospitals are saturated and citizens are struggling to find drugs to treat their loved ones
"We know that the Delta variant is going to grow and this leads to two recommendations: identify people early, track their contacts and then plan for quarantines. The other major recommendation, I repeat, is to achieve vaccination coverage,…
Vaccine deliveries in Africa: for WHO executives, the responsibility must be attributed to delays in the delivery of the serum produced by the Anglo-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca
Quality training offered at Emergency Expo: DMC, Dinas Medical Consultants Limited, based in Swansea, Wales, specialises in medical and fleet consultancy providing medical cover for events, project management training to include first aid…
Guillain-Barré syndrome and Covid: over the past few days it has been reported that Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine may have triggered the rare Guillain-Barré syndrome, a degeneration of the myelin sheaths lining nerve fibres,…
A useful new feature from the Waze app: if you have an emergency in a holiday resort or in a place other than the city where you live, don't worry: with Waze, if you use the emoji of an ambulance, you can find the nearest emergency room
Australia - The Penrith Museum of Fire is a no profit organisation started in 2013 which is mostly administered by current and retired firefighters and supported by both professional staff and a team of volunteers of the community
HIV and Coronary Artery Plaque: researchers ID condition with potential cardiovascular disease implications. Significant amounts of atherosclerotic plaque have been found in the coronary arteries of people with HIV, even in those considered…
Helicopter rescue in Liguria has had a complex year, different from what was expected. A bit like the rest of the emergency rescue system. 11 July marks the first birthday of the second Ligurian helicopter base in Albenga: an excellent…
Aerosol against covid and its variants: long-chain polyphosphates can be nebulised in patients suffering from the disease to counteract its effects. Validation of the therapy for human use is now awaited
Epiphysiolysis: the pathology whereby the femoral head tends to slide along the neck due to mal-positioning, generating a deformity that over time leads to degenerative changes in the hip, will be the main topic at the XXIII Congress of the…
Mudslide sweeps through Atami: land minister decides to launch an investigation to shed light on possible responsibilities for the proper management of the building and land plan
Five months after the start of vaccination in Brazil, hospitalization rates and the overall average of deaths from Covid-19 have dropped considerably across the country. This Monday (5th), 754 deaths were recorded, the 9th day followed by a…
The ambulance nurse, what are his tasks and roles? This topic is a source of confusion among ordinary citizens (and sometimes not only among them, to be honest)
9 July marks a decade of existence for South Sudan, the world’s youngest country – and it is a decade that has battered communities and families across the country with conflict and armed violence
The Motorcycle ambulance is a tool that makes the difference in some situations. Much more so than the motorised ambulance, which has almost the same problems as the ambulance in reaching the patient when he, or she, is in places that are…
This was stated by Simg - Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care, in collaboration with Simit - Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Seraman, an Italian company that offers a wide range of equipment for Civil Protection and various other operational areas, has its own stand at Emergency Expo
The European Commission (EC) has approved teriflunomide as a treatment for paediatric patients aged 10-17 years with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)
A new frontier in Bologna: microbiota transplantation: yesterday, the first three bacterial colony transplants were performed on three men suffering from serious intestinal infections resistant to antibiotics and at risk of death
Also in Australia this design was appreciated because when the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was formed in Sydney in 1884, the London Fire Brigade uniform, including the brass helmet, was adopted. Senior Officers' helmets were nickel plated to…
No longer just an ambulance driver: 30 drivers from the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts have been able to upgrade their skills thanks to a training course supported by the EU and UNDP
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasingly worried by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique
A new test called Mdw (Monocyte distribution width), developed in Modena and published in Scientific Reports of the Nature publishing group, can predict the evolution of Covid-19 disease and the hyperinflammatory state ('cytokine storm')…
Preventing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in children in the first year of life should once again be a priority. Globally, in children under one year of age, RSV is the second leading cause of mortality after malaria, the leading cause…
The origins of the brass firefighter helmet: when Capt Eyre Massey Shaw was appointed Chief Officer of London Metropolitan Board of Works' "Metropolitan Fire Brigade" in 1866, one of his first tasks was to create a uniform that would be…
Ozone therapy is a medical treatment based on a mixture of ozone and oxygen which has a pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and tissue revitalising effect
The appointments scheduled in Matera and Brindisi for the G20 have activated the Bari Local Health Authority, which has prepared a plan that provides fixed garrisons and mobile units for swabs and 118 emergency medical motorbikes
Vaccine for rheumatology patients? Yes, but with caution. The Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Paediatrics (Sip), after reviewing the currently available evidence on Covid-19 vaccinations and in the light of the new…
Vaccine 12-16 years, the decalogue of the Fimp pediatricians: ten answers to as many "why", designed to help parents of children aged 12 to 16 years, the importance of vaccinating their children against Covid-19
VK System, based in Vasylkiv (Ukraine) presented an amphibious armoured vehicle prepared for medical evacuation missions (Medevac) at the Arms and Security exhibition, held in Kiev from 15 to 18 June
The Afron 'Stop cancer and stop Covid-19' project, financed by the Waldensian Church, has brought the association into the field at a time when Uganda is experiencing lockdown
Covid vaccine, Niguarda study on health workers: 3 months after the second dose, despite the expected reduction in antibody titer, the vaccine confirms its effectiveness
Drug allergies are an issue that mainly affects adult patients, as they are more likely than younger people to have taken one or more drugs over the years in such large numbers that they have become sensitised to them
Firefighters are exposed to high levels of occupational risk factors, such as safety risks, chemical, ergonomic, and physical hazards that may jeopardize their lives. To overcome these hazards, firefighters must be physically, mentally, and…