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Nurse Practitioner Response Unit: Nurse instead of EMT for the Los Angeles Fire Department's last…
Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday announced the unveiling of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nurse Practitioner Response Unit (NPRU), the latest innovation to grow from the FireStat L.A. data collection and analysis system. Launched last year…
National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week
This week is National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week
In celebration of National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week from Nov. 3-9, The Humane Society of the United States encourages pet lovers to reach out and support…
How a perfect ALS can kill (part 2)
If you were interested in Forget ACLS Guidelines when dealing with Pulseless Electric Activity Part 1 here is the Part 2 of the presentation.
In Part 1 we discussed about diagnosis and diagnostic tools. Here are suggested alternative way…
The World Ranger Day
World Ranger Day commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of duty, and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the world’s natural and cultural treasures.
World Ranger Day is observed annually on the 31st of July, and is…
Oxygen Delivery Systems in Emergency: Understanding your BVM Device
Oxygen delivery using a Manual Resuscitator (aka bag-valve mask/BVM device) is commonly performed during resuscitation efforts. As the name implies it is assumed manually delivering breaths by squeezing the bag.
Heat And Cold Emergencies for EMS
Heat Production Metabolism - Movement of Large Muscles - Shivering.
Heat Loss - Radiation - Conduction - Convection - Evaporation - Respiration.
Overexposure to heat or cold can make a person seriously ill. In this section we will cover…
Paramedic or Nurse: Which Career is the Best?
It’s one of the bigger questions young medical students ask themselves: paramedic or nurse. Which path in the world of emergency services and medicine should I pursue and why?
Refugees are near to double, UNHCR says
ROME - The large majority of the 137,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the first six months of 2015 were fleeing from war, conflict or persecution, making the Mediterranean crisis primarily a refugee crisis, a…
African abnormal dryness, the infographic
Rainfall remains below average across parts of West Africa, Latin America, Ethiopia, and Djibouti
Africa Weather Hazards
A delayed onset of the rainy season, followed by poorly-distributed rainfall, has led to abnormal dryness across…
Cardiac Biomarkers in the Critically Ill
Cardiac biomarkers have well-established roles in acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failure. In the intensive care unit (ICU), myocardial injury is often unrecognized and leads to increased morbidity and mortality.
The…