Health

INTERSCHUTZ PRESSRELEASE - Nordic Solution is a comprehensive recorder system for recording simulation training events at a simulation centre. Nordic Solution is part of the family of Nordic Simulators recorder products, all of which are…

WAS launches two innovations providing more safety and reliability to rescuers: With the WAS SanSafe technology, a disinfection method that is completely integrated as a system, it is possible to free the patient compartment of ambulance…

Month-long tour saw the H145 making first stop in Sydney last week Aircraft will now head north to Brisbane and greater Queensland, before wrapping up down south in Melbourne and Canberra  Total of 13 flights were performed in the first…

READ ON MEDEST118 - New evidences aroused in treatment of ischemic stroke from early 2015. Large and well conducted trials demonstrated the benefit of endovascular therapy (in association with thrombolysis) on primary clinical endpoints.…

Turnaround time is the time spent by paramedics at hospital emergency departments. It is measured from the time an ambulance arrives at a hospital to when it is ready to respond to other incidents. This time is called RAMPING. Ramping…

AT LEAST 74 people have been killed after a military plane – with more than 100 people on board – crashed into houses in a highly populated area of Indonesia. Smoke could be seen billowing into the sky as rescue workers raced to the scene. …

EMCrit - Four years ago, friend of the show, Minh Le Cong discussed three airway disasters. The first one mentioned was the case of Elaine Bromiley, a routine operation that went horribly awry. In that post, there was a video of the…

Helicopter emergency medical services for adults with major trauma is a Cochrane publication by  Cochrane Injuries Group Authors: Samuel M Galvagno Jr1,*, Stephen Thomas2, Christopher Stephens3, Elliott R Haut4,…

The routine practice of giving oxygen to patients having heart attacks has been linked to increased heart damage and a greater risk of repeat attacks in a landmark study by Melbourne researchers. Researchers say the findings, presented…

Matthew O’Reilly is an emergency medical technician in New York. He knows what it’s like to be asked by a patient, “Am I dying?” and what to do when the answer is, “Yes.” A cruel consequence of being alive and aware is the ability to…