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Russia: Masha the stray cat hailed for saving newborn baby abandoned in freezing hallway
A homeless cat in Russia has been praised for helping to save the life of an abandoned newborn baby by keeping him warm for several hours.
The cat, named Masha, has been living in a cardboard box in a block of flats for the last three years…
798 new ambulances enter into service for the Turkish 112 EMS
With a spectacular ceremony in Istanbul the Turkish prime minister Tekirdağ, Davutoglu present the new 798 ambulances that enter into service from January in the country. The vehicles, equipped with the newest technology, as Spencer…
English Hospital ban for whistleblower paramedic
A whistleblower paramedic has been banned from two hospitals after he spoke out about overcrowding in A&E.
Stuart Gardner, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, received the ban after telling the BBC under-pressure emergency units were…
Increasing Paramedic Students' Resiliency to Stress
Increasing Paramedic Students' Resiliency to Stress: Assessing correlates and the impact of interventionby Shirley Porter and Andrew JohnsonAbstract
Source: The College Quarterly, Toronto
This pilot study focused on paramedic students in…
East of England Ambulance 999 downgrade period saw 57 patients die
Dozens of patients whose 999 calls were downgraded by an ambulance emergency centre died, a report has revealed.
Despite calls to the East of England Trust ambulances were either not sent or came late to 57 patients who died.
Guidelines…
Iran: Evaluation of Time Performace in the Emergency Response
The Evaluation of Time Performance in the Emergency Response Center to Provide Pre-Hospital Emergency Services in Kermanshah
Read the original study on the Global Journal of Health Science
This study evaluated the time performance in the…
How to join EMS job in South Africa
KwaZulu Natal Emergency Medical Services (KZN EMS) is one of the three core functions within the Department of Health, which aims to provide a quality, efficient, professional and caring emergency medical and rescue service throughout the…
Six reasons A&Es are struggling
A&E waits in England are at their worst level for a decade with the four-hour target now being missed - as it is elsewhere in the UK.
Pressures have become so great that a number of hospitals have had to declare major incidents, calling…
Hospitals refused entry to ambulance as crew attempted resuscitation on dying man
An ambulance crew was forced to wait in a lay-by for 20 minutes as they fought to save a dying man after being denied access to both Withybush and Glangwili hospitals, the Western Telegraph has learned.
A source, who cannot be named, said…
Further NHS strikes expected this month as row over pay continues
FURTHER strikes could be held by ambulance staff again in January as a dispute over pay with central Government continues.
Members of union GMB, some of whom work for the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), have said that if progress is…