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Fire-EMS: Next-gen 'vanbulances'
By Robert Avsec for EMS1
Type II ambulances are built on a van-type chassis and have been an ambulance mainstay for EMS agencies for many years. The popularity of the Type II ambulance is usually attributed to three things: lower initial…
How a perfect ALS can kill (part 1)
ACLS Guidelines are misleading about diagnosis and treatment of pulseless electric activity (PEA) This takes to conceptual and clinical errors when treating patients in cardiac arrest. Let’s see why and if there is a better way to follow…
The new safer ambulance from Allina Health is ready to hit the road
MINNEAPOLIS FOX9 (KMSP) - On a wintry January day in 2014, an Allina ambulance collided with an SUV in Buffalo, Minn. The driver of the SUV was killed and the ambulance crew critically injured. As the victims recovered, Allina decided its…
No more "hospital bypass": Melbourne's paramedic will move patients more quickly
The Victorian Government has stopped the "hospital bypass" practice, that permits to the metropolitan hospitals to deny access to patient in non-critical conditions if they are full.
Pre-Hospital emergency services in Europe: a market analysis about competition and investments
At the IAA annual conference held in London in May, mr. Kenneth Kronohage (Director of Special Projects for Falck) unveiled a report produced by Quartz+Co and commissioned by Falck Emergency Europe which disputed the EXPH findings…
Welsh Ambulance Service gets 44 new vehicles in £6.7m upgrade
More than £6.5m is to be spent on 44 new ambulances for the Welsh Ambulance Service. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the investment would allow the service to buy 35 standard ambulances and six non-emergency patient transport vehicles…
Michigan: Community paramedics will arrive at home instead of the ambulance for people with no…
MLIVE - A new pilot project allows people without life-threatening symptoms to receive medical care at home from paramedics in Washtenaw and Livingston counties. The program, which began Aug. 7 and is funded by Huron Valley Ambulance and…
Taxi driver attack ambulances in Kendrapara, India
KENDRAPARA - The ambulance service in Kendrapara district was paralysed as the drivers launched a protest against the attack on a driver at taxi stand near the court in the town on Sunday.
The agitating drivers and emergency medical…
Nepal, Red Cross Ambulance attacked by anti-government protesters
Red Cross organisations condemned on Monday an attack in Nepal by anti-government protesters who stopped an ambulances and killed an injured policeman during unrest over a proposed new constitution.
Military-style weapons and bullet proof jacket for Firefighters: News from Bonita Spring, Florida
The Bonita Spring Fire Commissioner Fred Forbes is considering the possibility to equip firefighters with weapons and bullet proof jacket. The news appear on STATter911. Forbes, the fire district’s treasurer and secretary, proposes…