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Ambulance crews announce nationwide strike for today Paramedics across the Netherlands will hold their first-ever nationwide work stoppage on Wednesday, the FNV union announced on Tuesday. Ambulance crews will only respond to dispatch…

NLA AS orders three H135 with the option for further helicopters in the future Improved avionics including 4-axis autopilot Redesigned cabin roof for more space to perform missions London, 6 October 2015 –…

Open access funded by African Federation for Emergency Medicine Authors: Kennedy B. Japiong, Godfried Asiamah, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Peter Donkor, Barclay Stewart, Beth E. Ebel, Charles N. Mock Emergency care is an essential component of…

Manila (ICRC) – Over 30 surgeons, anaesthesiologists and physicians from private and government hospitals are participating in a three-day training course to enhance their capacity to treat patients wounded by weapons or explosives. The…

QUEEN’S ROAD (TIMES OF INDIA) -  Seventy-three-year-old Ramamurthy is a diabetic who recently went under the knife. When he experienced difficulty in breathing, he dialled 108 for the emergency response services, and was soon attended to by…

The Associação Nacional de Salvamento e Desencarceramento (ANSD), exclusive representative of the World Rescue Organisation (WRO) in Portugal, hosts of the next 15th and 18th October at the Park of Nations in Lisbon, the World Rescue…

With Military operations in Afghanistan having drawn to a close at the end of 2014, Medical evacuation services are now increasingly operating in austere environments and facing new medical and logistical challenges. Such challenges include…

First Aid in Sport: medical defence/indemnity unions have made a clear unambiguous statement – pitchside doctors and physios must ‘have the appropriate recognised qualifications, training and experience for the health services they provide.…

Several residents and first responders came to help victims of a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 on Saturday afternoon, including a retired Los Angeles firefighter. Rick Camarena, who now lives in Gulfport, said he stopped because he…

For years, Tunisian fishermen have been encountering migrant boats in distress, and saving lives by bringing people onto their fishing boats. On 30 August, fishermen rescued 130 people from a boat and brought them to the town of Zarzis…