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Pulmonary embolism diagnosis: according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data published online on 14 December in Annals of Internal Medicine, diagnostic strategies for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) with…

A good story from the USA of solidarity and support for ambulance workers under pressure from the Covid emergency: high school students from rural New York are the protagonists

ECMO is an extracorporeal circulation tool that can save the lives of children with severe heart or lung failure

Let's talk about pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum: barotrauma is tissue damage caused by a related change in gas pressure in body compartments

Aspiration syndrome in most cases is a sudden entry of acidic gastric contents into the respiratory tract (aspiration), causing a burn of the airways and often accompanied by the development of a critical condition in the patient

A panic attack is a complex disorder that triggers real crises accompanied by physical and psychological symptoms. It is not uncommon for a rescuer to be confronted with a patient who is having a panic attack

LUCAS Chest Compression: Cardiorespiratory arrest can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime. Every year in Europe, 17 to 53 out-of-hospital cardiorespiratory arrests (CRPs) are treated per 100,000 inhabitants

Alcohol abuse or consumption is a factor that rescuers are constantly confronted with and have to take into account in their rescue work

Body cams are also appearing on the uniforms of ambulance crews in Northern Ireland: after the NHS took the decision a few months ago, NIAS is now considering the appropriateness of the measure

Ten years ago, the photo of the Costa Concordia half-submerged in front of Giglio Island went around the world. It was the evening of 13 January 2012 when the cruise ship, which had set sail from Civitavecchia and was bound for Savona,…