emergency

Knowing when to treat a medical situation as an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. While the following list is not intended to include every kind of potential medical emergency, it does provide some common issues that…

When you witness your child's convulsions for the first time, it is easy to get caught up in a feeling of panic and not know how to react and behave

Chest pain is a symptom that immediately raises alarm bells. Feeling a strong pain in the chest immediately leads one to think of a heart attack, one of the most common causes of this type of pain, but this is not always the case

Very often one hears about cerebral haemorrhage, but in fact one does not always know what exactly it is. Yet it is a condition in which anyone can find themselves, since the main cause is a head injury, especially in people under 50 years…

February 11 marks the European Day of the Single European Emergency Number (NUE) 112, which citizens can use across Europe to call for help in the event of medical, police, fire and sea emergencies

Climate change and disaster management have heightened the importance of protocols relating to hypothermia emergencies, which must be known by the rescuer also for the management of everyday life

What is Anaphylactic Shock?  Anaphylactic shock occurs rapidly and is life-threatening

Abdominal pain is the second most common emergency call that EMS providers respond to. Because the abdomen includes a wide range of organs and vessels belonging to the digestive, urinary, and muscular systems, it can be challenging to…

The nation of Georgia has an imposing and articulated geographical conformation, which forces the rescue world to respond directly and effectively

Respiratory distress (or shortness of breath) is the third most common emergency that EMS professionals respond to, accounting for more than 12% of all Emergency calls