Paramedic

Prompt treatment of severe sepsis in the Emergency Department reduces deaths, but the role of prehospital fluid resuscitation is unknown. We sought to determine the risk-adjusted association between prehospital fluid administration and…

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…

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…

Basket stretchers, commonly called "Litters" or "Rescue baskets", are becoming increasingly important around the world.

NHS England published an update on the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, which builds on NHS England’s future vision for urgent and emergency care in Transforming urgent and emergency care services in England. This report can be downloaded…

(GLOUCESTERSHIRE ECHO) - An ambulance driver has been suspended from duty, pending investigations, after a crash with two pedestrians while on the way to attend an emergency call. The two pedestrians, who remain in hospital with serious…

EMERGENCY AMBULANCE REDESIGN PART 1 Article by Gianpaolo Fusari  For the past 30 years, ambulances and the service they provide has been focused on transporting patients to hospital with little treatment in between. But the science and…

(CTVNEws) - The paramedic has been identified as William Mallock, who was on duty at the time of the crash. Mallock had nearly 20 years of experience as a paramedic. The plane crashed at about 5 a.m. Saturday morning, Ambulance New…

(WEST MIDLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE) - One of Birmingham’s much loved ‘Emergency Bikers’ is hanging up his leathers later today after more than 36 years’ service. Motorcycle Paramedic Steve Harris, affectionately known as Forrest by colleagues…

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…