Health

(Source: United Nation) - United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has allocated US$3.8 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to support humanitarian operations in the…

The use of live animals in paramedic training program at the University of Washingon could be stopped. UW's course is the only one in the Pacific Northwest known to use live animals for train EMT about surgical airway management. The other…

The European Association of Surfing Doctors (EASD) motto is: “Keeping the Surfer Healthy and Safe”. So, check out this informative case study from Surfing Medicine, The Journal of our US counterpart, the Surfer’s Medical Association(SMA)…

Ebola is an extremely serious and often fatal viral infection thst can cause internal bleeding and organ failure. It can be spread via contaminated body fluids such as blood and vomit. Researchers tested vaccines based on chimpanzee…

The protest march against privatisation of health services in England, started three weeks ago from South Tyneside, ended saturday at Trafalgar Square. With the partecipation of 5,000 people, who take part in the last leg from Holborn, the…

You and your partner could respond to 911 calls in this vehicle. Your medical team can transport a simple lab tests and prescribe some drugs, which may avoid to your patient a trip to the ER. It's a good trip back to the future, when…

"Your chest is too hairy for my AED". This could be the incredible reason under the dead of a men who suffered a cardiac arrest as he was travelling on a flight between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Mirror reported that an…

Why and How are the Emergency ambulance services involved in unexpected support of older people with dementia in residential care homes? A group of researchers look about older people, resident in care homes, with limited life expectancy…

The BBC reveal that an ambulance service boss who earns more than the Prime Minister, claimed £30,000 in 2013 and 2014 for outlay regarding hotel and transport. Antony Marsh, the head of the West Midlands and East of England Ambulance…

Thanks to an international team of researchers, Ebola outbreak has a real-time coverage on the scientific community. MSF and the other ONG follow the spread of the outbreak, by sequencing the virus’ genome from people in Sierra Leone. Now…