January 2015

The next Board meeting will take place on 29 January 2015 at NHS Southside, start time will be 10.30am. If you would like to attend, please register your interest atengland.boardattendance@nhs.net. and let us know if you have any…

BBC - Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak last March, are investigating whether it could have become more contagious.…

Improving access to thrombolytic therapy for patients with ischemic stroke is challenging. We assessed a prehospital process based on firemen rescuers under strict medical direction, aimed at facilitating thrombolysis of eligible…

Opening its doors on Monday 26th January to more than 120,000 visitors from around the world, Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is the Middle East’s largest healthcare event and the second largest in the world. The event will take place…

THE MAIL ONLINE - Australian paramedics back in motherland: short-staffed ambulance ranks to take up jobs in the UK. 175 paramedics flee Australia's short-staffed ambulance ranks to take up jobs in the UK, where they work less and earn up…

A blizzard with the potential to set all-time snowfall records bore down on the East Coast into the early hours of Tuesday, although the extreme forecasts appeared to have been scaled back somewhat. Snow is falling rapidly around the state…

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

"A properly evaluation of the role of epinephrine drug therapy during cardiac arrest now seems necessary". This is the question that Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD publish in his editorial column on the Journal of American Medical Association…

Howth RNLI inshore lifeboat launched at 5.30am this morning (Sunday 25 January) to reports of man in the water in Howth Harbour. The lifeboat crew launched in minutes, located and rescued the casualty and returned with him to shore to…

Tim's Thoughts on Emergency Management, Homeland Security, and Training Situation reports or SitReps have a great deal of importance in conveying information on an incident or event to a variety of stakeholders. Having worked for many…