Health

Surveillance video of UNMH rooftop helicopter crash On April 9, 2014, about 1745 mountain daylight time, an Airbus (Eurocopter) AS 350 B3 helicopter, N395P, impacted the hospital roof top following departure from the UNM hospital…

(CALIFORNIA) - A rescue effort by Yosemite SAR brought Blake Parkinson to the hospital where could tell the dramatic event. Parkinson, 26, had landed on a five-foot outcropping, slamming his back into the rock just as his safety line went…

Effective preparation for the next disaster—whether it’s a hurricane, plant explosion, active shooter situation or previously unimagined catastrophe—requires examining what worked well and what didn’t in the past.…

Nurse Triaging Changes EMS, Missing Stroke Patients, Critical Care Aftermath and we’ll take a look at the crush injury patient in this crossover segment from the Disaster Podcast. If that’s what you’re looking for, you…

Beirut - In Lebanon, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has launched its first series of training workshops addressing the field of mental health. The workshops are scheduled to take place from April 2014 to April…

BY BRYAN MCRAY, ROB LAWRENCE, DAN FELLOWS The Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) is an organization embracing the EMS Culture of Safety in every department, from field staff to administrative offices. New employees are told by…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An outbreak of dengue fever at an Australian refugee detention centre in the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru sparked calls on Thursday for greater oversight at the facility, which has been criticised by rights groups…

Author: Dr Zanariah Hussein (consultant endocrinologist) (THESTAR.COM) - Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. They are major risk factors for a number of chronic…

The Fire and Rescue Department had to be called in to help transfer an overweight patient from the Banting Hospital to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, reported Berita Harian. According to the daily, the 200kg patient, Norfaizah…

(NEW STRAITS TIMES) - It is estimated that every year, 35 million people die from chronic life-threatening illnesses. Of these, less than 8% have access to palliative care, termed as a holistic form of care for a patient’s…