Singapore boasts an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The facility is ready to respond to any medical emergencies in Singapore at any given time. They have an emergency ambulance that is manned by…
Performing a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) is a crucial part of emergency response and it involves complexity and intricacy. It takes about 12 to 14 emergency responders to pull a victim off, which as well involves a multidisciplinary…
Japan’s full-scale deployment of air ambulance in 2001, EMS helicopters, otherwise known as ‘Doctor Helicopters’, have taken on more prominent roles in the country, enabling rapid evacuation of casualties from affected sites, and providing…
A wide range of emergency services professionals will be sharing advice and learning in the Lessons Learnt Theatre, one of four free-to-attend CPD-accredited seminar theatres at this year’s event
After years of threat and violence, thousands of lives have been saved. This is what Dr Peter Salama, Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response for the UN World Health Organization (WHO) assumed. However, there is so…
Germany’s robust demand for firefighting vehicles is showing no signs of slowing down. That is the verdict of a recent market and economic status report put out by the firefighting technology association within the German Engineering…