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(Source: SUNDERLANDNOW) - The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) is reviewing its operations after staff shortages led to delays in its 999 response times at the weekend. On Saturday night, almost one third of the ambulances normally…

NASHIK - The 'cardiac and trauma ambulance' of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), meant to serve Nashik residents, has been gathering dust at the vehicle workshop near the Panchavati divisional office of the civic body for two years…

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance has won an award for its research into the first 10 months of carrying blood on board the helicopters. At the world’s leading aeromedical conference AirMed, it won best research poster and a cash…

More than 2,500 Ground Zero rescuers and responders have come down with cancer, and a growing number are seeking compensation for their illnesses, The Post has learned. The grim toll has skyrocketed from the 1,140 cancer cases reported…

(SOURCE APTN) - One man died and at least 13 people were injured in a lightning strike during a rare thunderstorm at Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Lightning struck 13 people at a popular beach in Los Angeles in the US and another man…

By Alex Kelleher - photos from Bas Bartholomeus: Courtesy of EASD The 3rd Annual Conference in Surfing Medicine (The Glasshouse, Sligo, Ireland, 9th-13th September 2014) sees the introduction of the Masterclass. You’ll have the…

A lot of rescue services and ambulances work during the First World War in Europe. The Red Cross brought in the first widespread battlefield motor ambulances to replace horse-drawn vehicles. Thanks to Getty Images Database, it's…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) firmly condemns this extremely alarming series of attacks against humanitarian workers, ambulances, and hospitals. These are serious violations of the law of war. An immediate stop…

Dickinson ET - Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA. O'Connor RE, Krett RD. OBJECTIVES - The study was conducted to determine whether the use of prehospital instant photography of motor vehicle…

From Dr. Douglas Pendse How would you fix emergency medicine training? The BMA have joined forces with the EMTA to organise a session featuring a range of speakers with the aim of identifying immediate solutions to improve the working…