Basket stretchers. Increasingly important, increasingly indispensable
Basket stretchers, commonly called "Litters" or "Rescue baskets", are becoming increasingly important around the…
Ebola spreads on West Africa with a significant mutation
Thanks to an international team of researchers, Ebola outbreak has a real-time coverage on the scientific…
Chilean project about disability and resilience win the "2014 Risk Award"
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - It's a NGO from Chile the winner of the Risk Award 2014 at the 5th International Disaster and…
From pain to dream: Boston Marathon victim married his nurse
August 28, 2014 will be a date remembered in a lot of tales for our children and grandson. When a dream come true…
Find Ashya now! Police push for a web mobilization
British Police have launched a web mobilization with a social media campaing to find Ashya King, a sick 5-years-old…
Hazardous materials: firefighters guideline in an incident ground
The Department for Communities & Local Government in the UK, in collaboration of CFRA (Chief Fire & Rescue…
XStat hemostatic device, one of the top 10 best invetion in 2014
The XStat is a first-in-kind hemostatic device for the treatment of gunshot and shrapnel wounds on the battlefield.…
Ebola, "The international response continue to be inadequate"
LIBERIA – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is rapidly scaling up its presence in all the country where Ebola outbreak…
Is sugar causing the obesity 'epidemic'?
Sugar hit the headlines last week when the Daily Mail and The Independent led with the quote “Sugar is the new…
New products and solutions at PrevenRio 2014
The most important technologies about rescue and emergency have been exposed in Brazil, at the PrevenRio Expo in…