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International Mine Awareness Day: the catastrophic Toll of Landmines in Yemen. The efforts of UN and…
Many of you may not know what landmines are, but they are surely one of the greatest plagues of our modern world. United Nations and the Red Cross are carrying out efforts to prevent dangers and treat people who are mutilated.
Cholera Mozambique - Red Cross and Red Crescent to avoid the disaster
Mozambique is facing a difficult and hard situation. Cholera is spreading throughout the country after the Cyclon Idai and victims are many, especially children. Red Cross and Red Crescent are collaborating on site to fight the epidemy.
Watch the Family Out! - Emergency Team threatened by the Relatives of a Psychiatric Patient to be…
A psychiatric patient took traditional drugs and collapsed. The emergency team knows that the solution is an evacuation with a plane, but his relatives do not agree so much. Is it possible to treat a psychiatric patient and his family at…
EMS: reported as vehicle accident but turns out to be shooting incident
Paramedic safety is mandatory. But there are many situations where aggressions are challenging to prevent. The #AMBULANCE! community started in 2016 to analyse different situations.
Emergency on board - Loss of pressure on Ryanair aircraft cabin. Passengers waited 45 minutes to be…
The aircraft was obliged to make an emergency landing in Germinay, precisely at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Sudden loss of cabin pressure turned out to be the hell to the passengers.
The Hell of Paramedics - Getting comfortable with uncomfortable
They say that between life and death stands a paramedic, and they are called angels, more than heroes. The point is: are paramedics ready to face so many situations of pain and dispair? The answer is no. And this is not a cynical answer.
VIDEO - A hero in Paris: an undocumented Malian man saves a toddler from a tragic fate
The man climbed the wall and the balconies of the building in order to catch the kid who was hung to the terrace railing and was about to fall.
The Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services (AAEMS)
The Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services (AAEMS) is a professional body that aims to build a uniformed Emergency Medical Service across Asia. This organization aims to promote EMS experience and communication on educational…
UNICEF female mobilizers are struggling against polio in Nigeria, one home at a time
The campaingn of UNICEF to fight against polio, but especially against superstition. In Nigeria, especially in its suburbs, live hundreds people who are not convinced in vaccines administration
Confronting disaster and containing disease - A perspective from Denmark’s expeditionary medical…
Delivering medical care on the site of a humanitarian disaster is uniquely challenging. Disease containment, in particular, is often compromised by a lack of local infrastructure and poor local hygiene.