emergency

David Hostler, director of the Emergency Responder and Warfighter Performance Lab at the University at Buffalo (N.Y.), wrote an interesting article on about prehospital burn management.

“Time is brain and, for too long, we have been content managing the consequences of stroke. Times have changed, the stakes are too high and patients entrust us with their lives” said Perer Antevy, Ryan A. Mctaggart Md and Mahesh V.…

At least five people are dead and another 50 are in hospital, six of them in critical condition. This is the balance of a train incident in Philadelphia. The 188 Regional Train was going from Washington to New York when it derailed in…

Not only human rescuers are helping in Nepal, there are also dogs. The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit governmental organization, founded in 1996 and based in Ojai California. The mission of this…

The International Exhibition for Rescue and Mobility in Fulda is one of the most important EMS appointment of the year. Dramatic actuality, global significance and impressive tradition come together at the 15th RETTmobil 2015, the…

When a disaster occurs, there is a team of trained volunteers that is ready to be in the first line of defence and help the community with everything from search and rescue to basic first aid. To get the ID badge, the helmet, the vest…

A young patient involved in a car accident found him breathing and with no mention of head trauma or evisceration. He has an open fracture and is losing much blood. Which is the best way to transport a trauma patient?

All natural disasters – whether they involve earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides or other natural hazards – result in disaster debris. Increasingly, the management of debris generated by natural disasters is becoming a major…

We have all seen images of devastation in Nepal on magazines, TV and social media. More than 4,000 people have been confirmed dead, tens of thousands more have been left homeless. Now the question for many people is "What can I do to…

We publish a simple dictionary-video for people which have to talk with deaf and dumb during an emergency. As you know catastrophe can strike at any time, anywhere. Imagine learning there was a major disaster near your home, but not having…