July 2014

A lot of rescue services and ambulances work during the First World War in Europe. The Red Cross brought in the first widespread battlefield motor ambulances to replace horse-drawn vehicles. Thanks to Getty Images Database, it's…

KARNATAKA - Handling emergency situations will be a lot easier henceforth. The state government has finally revamped the existing ambulance service. Look the News9 video to see improvement in the new ambulance cars.…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) firmly condemns this extremely alarming series of attacks against humanitarian workers, ambulances, and hospitals. These are serious violations of the law of war. An immediate stop…

By: Lorenzo Franceschi on Mashable After three fruitless days of extensive searching by authorities, an amateur drone pilot located a missing elderly man in a mere 20 minutes. On Sunday, David Lesh helped save Guillermo DeVenecia,…

A hudge search & rescue drill happen sunday at Castle Rock in Douglas County, Colorado. Watch the Denver Fox31 video reportage about the exercise. (Ph. from Castlepineconnection.com)

Rachel Waldron, MD and Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, MPH Introduction - Maintaining patient safety during transition from prehospital to emergency department (ED) care depends on effective handoff communication between providers. We sought to…

Dickinson ET - Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA. O'Connor RE, Krett RD. OBJECTIVES - The study was conducted to determine whether the use of prehospital instant photography of motor vehicle…

From Dr. Douglas Pendse How would you fix emergency medicine training? The BMA have joined forces with the EMTA to organise a session featuring a range of speakers with the aim of identifying immediate solutions to improve the working…

(Virginia/AP) - Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets die in house fires every year. But a Virginia woman is trying to better their odds of survival, by getting specially-designed oxygen masks into the hands of first responders all across…

GENEVA (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency called Thursday for urgent European action to stop rising refugee and migrant deaths at sea, after more than 260 people have died or been reported missing trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get…