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LONDON FIRE BRIGADE - Fire chiefs are concerned the new Fifty Shades of Grey film could lead to more people being stuck or trapped in objects like handcuffs or rings. In 2013/14, firefighters attended 472 incidents involving people being…

POGGIBONSI (TUSCANY) - Italian D league, the minor football professionals championship in Italy, lived an unexpected stop during the match Poggibonsi-Pianese in february, the 9th. The Pegaso2 HEMS helicopter needed a landing place to rescue…

The ADAC rescue helicopter Christoph Europa 1 (D - HHIT ) takeoff from a residential area in Stolberg- Büsbach.

HOMETOWNSTATION - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams responded to 597 missions and saved dozens of lives, said LASD officials. “These rescues involved everything from missing hikers, motorcycle…

How to immobilize a fracture in an emergency situation? You could use a lot of things but just 1 procedure. Thanks to James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. you could know how to make asplint, for your neck or an extremity, and stabilize it until the…

This topic is near and dear to mine and your hearts and careers--Workouts for Firefighters and Fire Rescue Athletes. Over the last couple of months I've been researching, talking, tweaking and writing about some of the more popular workouts…

KwaZulu Natal Emergency Medical Services (KZN EMS) is one of the three core functions within the Department of Health, which aims to provide a quality, efficient, professional and caring emergency medical and rescue service throughout the…

Article by Murthy T. and Hooda B. from the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia The guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have been in place for decades; but despite their international scope and periodic updates, there has been…

Today in #FOAMED we share with you the AHA Clinical Perspective published on December, 2012, about Chest Compression compared with Standard CPR. Medical community are waiting the official release of the 2015 AHA / ILCOR CoSTR Resuscitation…

People tend to measure how effectively they’ve worked out by how sore they are the following days. Let me ask you: How good is a workout that leaves you so sore that you can’t workout for the next 3 days? What most people don’t realize…