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The Associação Nacional de Salvamento e Desencarceramento (ANSD), exclusive representative of the World Rescue Organisation (WRO) in Portugal, hosts of the next 15th and 18th October at the Park of Nations in Lisbon, the World Rescue…

With Military operations in Afghanistan having drawn to a close at the end of 2014, Medical evacuation services are now increasingly operating in austere environments and facing new medical and logistical challenges. Such challenges include…

First Aid in Sport: medical defence/indemnity unions have made a clear unambiguous statement – pitchside doctors and physios must ‘have the appropriate recognised qualifications, training and experience for the health services they provide.…

Several residents and first responders came to help victims of a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 on Saturday afternoon, including a retired Los Angeles firefighter. Rick Camarena, who now lives in Gulfport, said he stopped because he…

This article was published on IRIN NEWS on september, 3rd, by Kristy Siegfried. Emergency Live newsroom totally agree with the contents of this article By now, most of us have seen the gut-wrenching photographs of a…

For years, Tunisian fishermen have been encountering migrant boats in distress, and saving lives by bringing people onto their fishing boats. On 30 August, fishermen rescued 130 people from a boat and brought them to the town of Zarzis…

Source: Spalding Today - The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) launched a six-month pilot scheme across the region in partnership with its six fire and rescue services. For Derbyshire, Humberside, Leicestershire and Rutland,…

A thoracostomy is a small incision of the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage. Tube thoracostomy is the insertion of a tube (chest tube) into the pleural cavity to drain air or fluids (blood, bile, pus, or other). The…

The Malaysian Ministry of Health published some Paramedic's Guidelines for the Management of Pain in Adult Patients Pain is a common symptom experienced by many patients. They often have to tolerate severe pain due to poor pain…