Health

A recent article on the British newspaper The Guardian, (The Guardian, Monday 22 December, 2014) reported several groundless conjectures, lies and unverified information about Emergency's work in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone.…

Sleep apnea is a disorder in which the airways become blocked and cause interruptions consecutive to inhaling for several seconds, usually the tongue prevents the passage of air and is needed to snore to wake up and breathe again; however,…

The Toronto Paramedic Services wants everyone in Toronto to make the right call and is launching a public information campaign, “Make the right call”. “The purpose of this educational campaign is to inform our residents about the many…

Robert Colvile for The Telegraph explore in deep the NHS world, highlighting the pressures on A&E with this reportage that start from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the best structure in the National Health System. As the NHS faces its…

NAEMSE MAGAZINE, 2003 - Teaching basic emergency medical skills requires a delicate balance between "teaching for the test" and "teaching for the real world". Every EMS instructor struggles with how to prepare a student for the pressure of…

Flight Paramedic Hugh Gilmour works in the furthest reaches of the Canadian Arctic, evacuating patients from remote communities to hospitals in southern Canada. He is also an amateur photographer and his often breathtaking photos provide a…

December, 30, EMERGENCY - On the 28th December, the first Ebola patient treated in Africa with the experimental drug ZMAb has been discharged from the Ebola Treatment Centre run by EMERGENCY NGO in Goderich, Sierra Leone.A.M., 72 years old,…

PLYMOUTH - When a child suffered an allergic reaction last month in Braintree, the babysitter did not know where to find life-saving medication. But a call to that town’s new 911 system saved the day. The Smart911 gave dispatchers access to…

"Really?" Is the first sentence that you usually think when Dr. Google gives you some information about a health problem. And - you know - most people use this engine for a medical search online. Unreliable online information is one of the…

Geneva/Damascus (IFRC-SARC-ICRC) – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is today launching a new website, #REDforSyria (www.redforsyria.org), dedicated to the Movement’s humanitarian response to the Syrian conflict.…