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A paraplegic migrant was abandoned by boatmen with his wheelchair on the rocks during a landing on the island of Favignana in Sicily

Rescue operations, a new model for cooperation between helicopters and drones in interventions

HEMS in USA: Global Medical Response (GMR) will add a total of 21 Airbus helicopters from the H125, H130 and H135 families to its growing air medical fleet, with options to include up to an additional 23 helicopters, bringing the total…

Stroke diagnosis: Adelaide company Micro-X (MX1) has started developing a small CT brain scanner that can be fitted in ambulances and emergency aircraft

Organised by the Italian Air Force with the support of the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps), the GRIFONE 21 exercise involved the men and women of the Defence Force and other…

Let's talk about HEMS rescue: although it is often thought that helicopter rescue uses a single helicopter model, this is not always the case for all regions and situations in which HEMS, SAR, AA services are required

HEMS and MEDEVAC: the objective is the same, but it is the risk and the emergency scenario that is somewhat different. This is, in very direct terms, the difference between HEMS and MEDEVAC

The dangers of bird strikes, the impact between aircraft (helicopters or planes) and birds, are well known to those working in the HEMS sector

Modena fire brigade called for a major intervention: the flames broke out last night in a building in via Emilia Ovest: among the people immediately transported to the three local hospitals was a two-year-old girl, who had been intoxicated…

The drone has become a crucial tool in search and rescue operations, but there is no doubt that its use must be strictly regulated, given the dangers involved. Recently a new near collision between a helicopter and a sapr in Scotland