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Stories section is the place where you find Case Reports, editorials, opinions, tales and daily miracles from rescued and rescuers. Ambulance and rescue historical moments, from people who save lives every day.
From Kerala to Mumbai, a medical staff made of doctors and nurses to fight COVID-19
A team of 50 doctors and 100 nurses arrived in Mumbai from Kerala in order to support colleagues of that region to win the battle against COVID-19. This invisible enemy has to be defeated no matter what.
Thailand's first woman doctor, Google celebrates Margaret Lin Xavier's 122nd birthday
Today, 29nd May 2020 Google is celebrating the 122nd birthday of Thailand's first woman doctor with a Doodle. Margaret Lin Xavier also called Lin Srivisarnvaja, made history as she has bee the first woman to provide medical care in…
Ghana, 95-year-old veteran runs 20 km across Accra and collects 19,000 dollars to donate face masks
A 95-year-old WWII veteran in Ghana organized an original and a very nice initiative in order to do his part against COVID-19: raising funds to donate face masks.
London Ambulance Service and Fire Brigade gathered: two brothers in a special response to any…
London has two important emergency medical services: the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade. In these two associations, there are two brothers, Tom and Jack who decided to work together to respond to anyone in need across…
COVID-19, "Clap for carers": applauders to health workers every evening in the UK
COVID-19 and "Clap for carers". A nice popular initiative that grew up on social networks to the homes of many Brits, and which probably deserves to be borrowed also in Italy.
Carlo Spagnolli in Emergency Extreme: conscientious objection, Africa, AIDS and female condition
Carlo Spagnolli spent his life in serving of weaker human beings, that of Carlo Spagnolli. Born in Rome in 1949, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Cattolica University. In 1975 the first "unusual" choice: to join a medical…
Emergency Extreme, the story of Dr Catena: the importance of treating people in the desolation of…
Dr Catena achieved great fame in 2017 when he was awarded the Aurora prize for his humanitarian action to people who needed the most. We are talking about Tom Catena, an American doctor whom many compare to the missionary doctor Albert…
Fire Service Heritage - Museum of sapeurs-pompiers de Paris
France has a great story of fire safety and one of the most famous fire safety association is Paris Fire Brigade. Thanks to a group of offshoot firefighters, the museum of sapeurs-pompiers de Paris was born.
Fire Service Heritage in Australia - The Fire Museum of Victoria
Australia has a wide fire safety heritage. It is preserved inside some museums, like the Fire Service Museum of Victoria. Here you can find some very special tools and engines that signed the Fire Safety history of Australia.
PTSD: First responders find themselves into Daniel artworks
PTSD is a serious condition of mental injury that hits first responders, in particular. The intense stress of working in emergency and seeing people dying many times brings you to mental disease.