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Intubation onboard the ambulance: a comparison of the conventional intubation systems - VIDEO
Comparison of the effectiveness of conventional intubation with a laryngoscope in a moving ambulance and on a static ambulance. An experimental study.
A Veteran Paramedic and a pilot are dead in an Air ambulance crash
(CTVNEws) - The paramedic has been identified as William Mallock, who was on duty at the time of the crash. Mallock had nearly 20 years of experience as a paramedic.
The plane crashed at about 5 a.m. Saturday morning, Ambulance New…
Emergency Ambulance Redesign: a user centred approach (PART 1)
Article by Gianpaolo Fusari (READ THE PART 2)
When starting to think about designing a new ambulance we had to ask why was this even necessary. The answer to this question doesn’t take very long to emerge. If you were to have a look at…
What's More Important, the War on AIDS or Just War?
By Kanya D'Almeida and Mercedes Sayagues
Photos from Markosun Blog
JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK, Aug 13 2014 (IPS) - They say there is a war on and its target is the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
This war runs worldwide but its…
Rescue March: Creating awareness and camaraderie in the rescue community
The Rescue March which stands for Rescue Mass Assembly for Rescue & Care for Humanity gathered over 400 participants from the various rescue units in Metro Manila representing the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Local Government Rescue…
Four-hour wait in ambulance to get into A&E
(The Argus, UK) - New data from the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) shows 3,074 people had to wait more than one hour outside A&E departments at the hospitals they serve – including in East and West Sussex and Brighton and…
Gaza face a dramatic maternal health situation
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The evacuation warning came at 11 on the morning of Wednesday, 23 July, as the bombardment outside intensified. Huddled in their home in the El Shijaia neighbourhood of Gaza, Iman Fora and her family received word…
Manchester's hospital reform plan has been a failure
(The Guardian, author Richard Vize) - The backlash over plans to reconfigure hospitals and primary care in Greater Manchester is a warning of what can go wrong if consultations are mishandled.
The plan – badged Healthier Together – was…
Prince William is taking a new job: Air ambulance pilot
LONDON (AP) — Britain's royal officials announced Thursday that starting September, the royal will train for about five months as a helicopter pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance. If successful, he will join the charity group, based in…
First Paramedic experience with Ebola patient in United States
Transporting the first Ebola patient of America as a common emergency case. This was the experience of an American paramedic.