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Medical emergencies can be terrifying, especially if you're not prepared. Knowing when emergency medical care is needed and having a protocol for medical emergencies is key to mitigating an emergency

A collapse—your legs suddenly give way and you fall to the ground—is called by many names: fainting, passing out, losing consciousness. The medical term for fainting is syncope (SINK-a-pee)

Chemical burns must be treated as a medical emergency. This is because many chemicals commonly used at home, school, or work can cause severe burns to the skin and may cause deeper burns than they look

The medical emergency motorcycle (MEM) is an essential, almost indispensable means of rescue in certain scenarios. In city centres, in forested mountain areas, on the beaches of our coastlines, at crucial points on the motorway network:…

Electrical burn injuries can damage the body tissue or internal organs when a person comes into direct contact with an electrical current

Have you ever experienced drinking a hot cup of coffee and accidentally spilling it? You might have experienced scalding water burn. Many burns are often caused by dry heat, chemical, and electrical burns

Intubation can make the difference between life and death. Doctors and nurses perform this procedure on patients who are unable to breathe on their own

In case of choking with airway obstruction, first of all it is advisable to recognise the symptoms of partial or total obstruction of the larynx or trachea

Intubation is a procedure that can help save a life when someone can’t breathe

The vacuum splint is a device which resembles a vacuum mattress of reduced dimensions, it is used in emergency medicine for the immobilisation of traumatised limbs and as a temporary splint