emergency

First aid to be known: it might just be that one day you are the first person to arrive at the scene of an accident, or you might be involved in a road accident but unharmed. Would you know what to do?

Convulsions are rapid, uncontrollable tremors caused by a continuous cycle of muscle contraction and relaxation

We often hear about 'scoop and run' and 'stay and play'. These two philosophies of pre-hospital care, which represent the history of emergency rescue, seem to be at odds with each other

European non-emergency number 116117, a document that aims to examine the actions taken by the Italian Ministry of Health to implement the provisions of Decision 2007/116/EC of the European Commission, to harmonise the various existing…

Knowing how to perform first aid is essential. However, the procedure for adults may be different for a toddler whose body is smaller and is still developing

The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) today unveiled the ‘HyperSport Responder’, the world’s fastest and most expensive ambulance responder, at Expo 2020 Dubai. Manufactured in the UAE, the Lykan HyperSport supercar is the…

Spinal immobilisation is one of the great skills that the emergency medical technician must master. For many years now, all victims who had suffered trauma have been immobilised and, because of the type of accident, according to the…

Aspiration syndrome in most cases is a sudden entry of acidic gastric contents into the respiratory tract (aspiration), causing a burn of the airways and often accompanied by the development of a critical condition in the patient

Epileptic seizures in paediatric patients: many rescuers will have had to manage this type of emergency and deal with the concern of the child and family members

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