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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.
Stephen's Story will never end: New project to fight cancer is online
"My original goal was to become a doctor". This is the beginning of the video (published by BBC) about Stephen Sutton, the teenager who raise £5 millions speaking all around the world about cancer, the disease which Stephen had battled…
End the use of animals in training education for paramedics
The use of live animals in paramedic training program at the University of Washingon could be stopped. UW's course is the only one in the Pacific Northwest known to use live animals for train EMT about surgical airway management. The other…
Dying for a for a cardiac arrest, the stewardess refused to use a defibrillator
"Your chest is too hairy for my AED". This could be the incredible reason under the dead of a men who suffered a cardiac arrest as he was travelling on a flight between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Mirror reported that an…
World Humanitarian Day: remember the 454 victims of attacks
BRUXELLES - Today's World Humanitarian Day is an occasion to pay tribute to humanitarian workers who risk their lives in bringing assistance to victims of wars and natural disasters worldwide. It is a time when we commemorate all those who…
Trucker Hero Rescues Family After Crash and Explosion
Trucker David Fredericksen uses a fire extinguisher to fight a raging fire after a Lincoln carrying a woman and her one year old granddaughter crashed in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 11th, 2014. David's son posted the dash cam video on…
ICRC: Civilians shelter emergency in the norther Iraq
(SOURCE ICRC) - Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the recent fighting in Ninawa Province, including Sinjar and other areas close to the cities of Mosul, Dohuk and Kirkuk in northern Iraq.
Some of them are from religious minorities…
#SAMIcontest: Face the European Heroes of Rescue
Anpas - Sami Contest 2014 , Adria/Venice - Young Heroes Without Superpowers from andre@c on Vimeo.
The European Contest of young rescuer #SAMIcontest finished yesterday in Venice, Italy. A total of 350 people partecipate at the event and…
UK Health Service: "Privatisation is ripping the NHS from our hands"
The Guardian with Kailash Chand take a strong position about the NHS: "The notion that competition promotes excellence and market forces breed efficiency is a myth"
(The Guardian, Kailash Chand) - Last year, a majority of new contracts to…
Typhoon Glenda, a view from the field of operations
The Philippines once again experienced nature’s fury as Tropical Storm “Glenda”, International codename: Rammasun entered the country via a northern route and proceeded onto the capital city of Metro Manila with…
Rescue at Sea, the real story from Mare Nostrum Operation
LAMPEDUSA - Without the binoculars, it didn’t look like much. Just a haze of blue and orange, bobbing gently on the horizon. Lifting the lenses to my eyes, I was able to make out more: a dilapidated boat, a sea of life vests and over 200…