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All you need to know about ambulances, fast medical response cars, and emergency vehicles. News, preparations, equipment, characteristics, problems, warts and benefits of EMS cars and trucks.
Tourniquet and intraosseous access: massive bleeding management
In case of massive bleeding, timely control of the bleed and immediate vascular access can make the difference between life and death of a patient. In this article, we will report an Italian case study on the use of a tourniquet and…
How to rapidly and accurately identify an acute stroke patient in a prehospital setting?
Acute stroke is a time-dependent condition. If it happens in a prehospital setting, practitioners have to know how to treat the patient in the best and fastest way as possible. Here the results of a pilot study in Genova (Italy).
Population vs ambulance: Indonesians against COVID-19 victims protocol of transportation
Many ambulance crews have been attacked by populations in Indonesia lately. The reason? Take back the corpse of their loved ones died from COVID-19.
Ivory Coast, the Security Minister donated ambulances to the National Office of Civil Protection
On 24 June 2020, the Security and Civil Protection minister of Ivory Coast donated 5 ambulances to the National Office of Civil Protection that will distribute them in rescue centers of Abengourou, Dabou, Toumodi, Boundiali and Duekoué.
Top 5 paramedic job offers: Philippines, India, US and Indonesia
A weekly most interesting top 5 paramedic job offers on Emergency Live. Our selection may help you to reach the life you want as an emergency operator.
Ambulance life, which mistakes could happen in first responders' approach with the patient's…
Emergency situations are stressful for all first responders, as well as for the patients’ relatives and friends. That is why it is very important for ambulance practitioners knowing how to approach a patient's relatives and what are the…
Toyota donates an anti-COVID ambulance to an Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia
There are some countries in which pandemic is still spreading. Indonesia is one of them. Toyota donated an ambulance and other items to an Islamic School of the archipelago.
MEDEVAC in Italy, main complications and treatments in critical patients transport?
All of us know what MEDEVAC is, especially, how it is carried out in our own country. However, complications are always in ambush. Let us read what Italian 112 and 118 organizations issued some days ago on how to treat complications during…
Rural ambulances fees introduction, how did they impact on pregnant women deliveries in Tanzania?
In many countries of the world, healthcare access is not that easy. Many times, in rural areas, the problem is that when an emergency occurs, ambulances cannot reach in time the patient because of the location. In this article, we wish to…
Uganda for pregnancy with boda-boda, motorcycle taxis used as motorcycle ambulances to save lives of…
Many women in Africa suffer complications during labour. As reported by AVSI Foundation, every thousand women who are about to give birth to a baby 336 die. A very worrying data. That's why AVSI decided to take into consideration motorcycle…