The Triad Approach, graphic elements as a cognitive tools in emergencies
Clinical crisis management frequently requires key priorities to be initiated in a time-critical fashion to avoid significant morbidity or mortality to patients.
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The World Disaster Report 2015 - local actors are the key for effective strategies
Viet Nam Red Cross Society celebrates International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and launches the World Disasters Report 2015
By Ly Nguyen, IFRC
It was a Tuesday morning. Normally Truong Thanh Truat, from the Hoang Tin commune in Hoang…
World Rescue Challenge 2015, the winners - FOTOGALLERY
The World Rescue Challenge 2015 declare 9 new winners for the 17th competition that took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Congratulations from the organizers to all who participated in this edition, that was one of the most hard and difficult in…
Today start the World Rescue Challenge 2015 in Lisbon
The seventeenth World Rescue Challenge will start today at 11.00 AM in Lisbon, Portugal.
Hospitals and war crimes: a patchy record
LONDON, 7 October 2015 (IRIN) - Médecins Sans Frontières says the bombing of its hospital in Kunduz by a US warplane was a war crime. The four separate enquiries* that have been launched into the incident, which killed 22 people, should…
Manila bus hostage taker shot dead
No one is hurt in the incident. Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada lauds Manila policemen for their speedy response. Manila police shot dead a hostage taker of an Alabang-bound public bus along Taft Avenue on Thursday, October 8.
NJ EMS Task Force Expo postponed to 2016 due to severe rainfalls
On the weather front, New Jersey is facing a difficult situation at the moment. The intensity of rainfalls are causing constant street floods and it turns out to be very difficult to travel.
Hurricane Joaquin arrive in 5 days. Heightened alert for Britain
Hurricane Joaquin, the worst autumn storms in 30 years, gathers strength on its track across the Atlantic.
Haze in South Sumatra drops from hazardous level to unhealthy range
PALEMBANG, Indonesia: The air pollution index (API) in Palembang, South Sumatra, dropped from the hazardous level of 627 in the early hours on Friday (Oct 2) to 244 at 9am local time. However, haze caused by fires burning throughout the…
Hajj stampede: Iran death toll rises to 464
Iran says number of its citizens who died in Hajj stampede is now 464 - nearly double the previous toll.
Iranian authorities said there was no longer any hope of finding any of the country's missing pilgrims alive.
According to Saudi…