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Read the reviews, opinions and technical sheet about the essential devices for rescue operations. Emergency Live will describe technologies, services, and equipment for ambulance rescue, HEMS, mountain operations and hostile situation, for preventing dangers in complex scenarios.

Own the airway part 1: open and clear the airway

by Chris Nickson From Life in the Fastlane collections we publish the most interesting online video resources about the airway management. LITF sources from "Own the airway" collection. Preoxygenation is the first step. Buy yourself some…

Introducing the Masterclass in Surfing Medicine

By Alex Kelleher - photos from Bas Bartholomeus: Courtesy of EASD The 3rd Annual Conference in Surfing Medicine (The Glasshouse, Sligo, Ireland, 9th-13th September 2014) sees the introduction of the Masterclass. You’ll have the…

Fitchburg man found alive... from a Drone

By: Lorenzo Franceschi on Mashable After three fruitless days of extensive searching by authorities, an amateur drone pilot located a missing elderly man in a mere 20 minutes. On Sunday, David Lesh helped save Guillermo DeVenecia,…

EMTA: "Emergency Medicine the Future is Now"

From Dr. Douglas Pendse How would you fix emergency medicine training? The BMA have joined forces with the EMTA to organise a session featuring a range of speakers with the aim of identifying immediate solutions to improve the working…

CPR: The most frequent fears of lay rescuers

Surviving cardiac arrest depends on early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Only one third of cardiac arrest victims receive prompt CPR in spite of well-attended Basic Life Support (BLS) courses. Our study aimed to investigate that how…

Advanced Airway management on the field

Dr. Mario Rugna Dear collegue, wathever intubator you are, occasional or regular, feel free to submit any comment on the plan and also fell free, if you think it’s useful, to use and share it. It will be appreciated. Following some…