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MEDEVAC webinar to improve safety in medical transport and avoid fatigue among responders
MedEvac Foundation is organizing a webinar on how to avoid chronique fatigue among responders in MEDEVAC operations. The importance of this webinar is also to imrpove safety, because a more "relaxed" responder is a better responder.
National Air Ambulance Week, the helicopter rescue week is back again in the UK
HEMS, the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, has a long tradition in the United Kingdom. For over thirty years the helicopters have been spent to help Her Majesty's fellow citizens.
COVID-19 positive migrant woman gives birth on the helicopter during a MEDEVAC operation
The emergency medical service of Sicily is the protagonist of a happy-ending story. A COVID-19 positive migrant woman gives birth on the helicopter during a MEDEVAC delivery from Lampedusa island.
Inquiry into the Newfoundland and Labrador SAR operations protocols on missing people this fall
SAR protocols into missing people of Newfoundland and Labrador will be probably reviewed. A former Provincial Court judge will lead a long-awaited public inquiry.
MEDEVAC and COVID-19, SAMU in Chile provided more than 100 deliveries of patients with coronavirus
MEDEVAC and COVID-19, SAMU in Chile provided more than 100 deliveries of patients with coronavirus.
A stretcher for Daisy: Mountain Rescue team rescued and evacuated a St Bernard on Scafell Pike
Mountain Rescue teams intervene in dangerous places and often to save human beings. However, this time, in the UK, SAR teams turned out to rescue a St Bernard dog in difficulty.
UK, laser attack against air ambulance: it happened twice this year
A helicopter of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance has been hit by a laser light while the medical crew was getting back at the base. It happened Saturday evening.
Two new aircraft will arrive in Rwanda to support the UN MEDEVAC operations
MEDEVAC requires great teamwork spirit between ambulance crews and aeronautics medical personnel. In 2022, Rwanda will welcome two MEDEVAC aircraft addressed to UN emergency and rescue operations.
Prehospital blood transfusion in London, the importance of donating blood even during COVID-19
Increased prehospital cases of blood transfusion have been registered in London. Never as before, even if COVID-19 is threatening the entire world, blood donation has been so important.
Search and Rescue in the UK, the second phase of SAR privatization contract
In February 2020, the UK Government announced that a new contract of privatization for SAR in the island would be launched. Now, the different organizations involved in the Search and Rescue services are discussing the second part of the…