June 2014

In conjunction with the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010, Fortis Healthcare made the decision to train and deploy dedicated ambulance professionals as staff on its ambulances. These EMTs were intended to provide the highest quality of…

(PUBLIMED) - Emergency providers are among the first in health care to experiment with Google Glass, a computer that is worn like a traditional set of glasses, enabling clinicians to pull up critical information from a patient's electronic…

An RAF parachutist with the Falcons display team missed his drop zone at an air show in Weston-super-Mare today, landing directly on a burger van surrounded by crowds of spectators. An 82-year-old woman was hurt during the collision at…

The UNISDR (United Nation Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) presents the third of five Programmes aimed to improve coherence, focus, depth and efficiency in delivering the results of UNISDR Strategic Framework: Towards 2025. This…

Bulgarian people is in state of emergency after the flash floods that hitted the Country in the last days. The volounteers and the paramedic's forces are at work to rescue and assist the people, and to find the victims, who are at least 10.…

In a New Zealand first, a hybrid ambulance-fire truck will be trialled to see if it will improve emergency services in remote communities. The prototype fire medical vehicle (FMV) was developed by New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) and St.…

The "Mirror" say that Prince William is likely to be one of six pilots, mainly from military backgrounds, who fly the ambulance service’s twin-engine EC 135 T2 helicopters in East Anglia. The Air ambulance services fly over the 4 counties…

Writed by Tzu-Ching Wu, Claude Nguyen, Christy Ankrom, Julian Yang, David Persse, Farhaan Vahidy, James C Grotta, Sean I Savitz From the Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston (T.-C.W., C.N., C.A.,…

Malaysian maritime authorities yesterday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman, raising the confirmed death toll from two boat accidents to 16 with dozens of others still missing. Two boats taking illegal immigrants back to…

70 Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) "Spartan" units are to be shipped from the Port of Baltimore to Cuerpo General de Bomberos Voluntarios del Peru in Lima, Peru. The Spartan ERV (a business unit of Spartan Motors) will be used by the…