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PALS and ACLS are both life-saving techniques designed by the American Heart Association. They are both clinical interventions performed to resuscitate patients or artificially sustain life

In Germany, a consortium consisting of the German Road Safety Council (DVR), the Würzburg Institute for Traffic Science (WIVW), the Centre for Applied Emergency Science (ZaNowi) and the German Society for Emergency Science (DGNOW) is…

Medical emergencies can be terrifying, especially if you're not prepared. Knowing when emergency medical care is needed and having a protocol for medical emergencies is key to mitigating an emergency

In case of choking with airway obstruction, first of all it is advisable to recognise the symptoms of partial or total obstruction of the larynx or trachea

The vacuum splint is a device which resembles a vacuum mattress of reduced dimensions, it is used in emergency medicine for the immobilisation of traumatised limbs and as a temporary splint

The carry sheet is one of the most familiar aids to the rescuer: it is in fact a tool used in emergencies to load patients, unable to move independently, onto the stretcher or to transfer the injured from the stretcher to the bed

Cervical and spinal immobilization techniques: emergency medical services (EMS) personnel continue to be the primary caregivers in the management of most out-of-hospital emergencies, including trauma situations

Climate change and disaster management have heightened the importance of protocols relating to hypothermia emergencies, which must be known by the rescuer also for the management of everyday life

Instead, they are designed for use with individual patients injured in the United States due to motor vehicle accidents, falls, penetrating injuries, and other mechanisms of injury.

We learn about broken hearts at a very young age. Children’s books and cartoons show the heart shape broken into two pieces, usually with a zigzag at the cleft