February 2015

Emergency workers know from experience that people are often weird and have no qualms about calling for help for the most bizarre reasons. We recently discovered that in America shaving pubic hair is becoming widespread, and this dangerous…

These guidelines were produced by the Management of Substance Abuse unit of the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in collaboration with the WHO HIV Department. Vladimir Poznyak and Nicolas Clark coordinated the development…

Why, Who and How you could perform RSI during pre-hospital emergencies? The New South Wales Ambulance Service, with the Greater Sydney Area HEMS crew had published a rapid guideline, written by Dr Peter Sherren, Senior registrar…

NEW YORK, WCAX - New technology is giving stroke patients more options. The new Food and Drug Administration approved device is keeping patients on the road to recovery. Stroke survivor Janet Johnson says she wasn't seeing results after…

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. The Trust covers an area of circa 4,600 square miles with a resident population of approximately 4…

The purpose of pre-oxygenation is to increase physiological stores of oxygen in order to prolong the time to desaturation during a period of apnoea, a situation that is usual following induction of anaesthesia

111 line increasing pressure on NHS, say leading doctors BBC - There has been a big increase in the number of people being referred to GP surgeries and A&E departments, analysis of the NHS 111 urgent care line in England shows. The…

AUTHORS Robert Bilkovski, MD - Senior Staff Physician Department of Emergency Medicine Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI H. Bryant Nguyen, MD, MS - Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA…

Founded in 1989, the London Air Ambulance has treated more than 30,000 critically injured people. Now it serves the 10 million people who live, work and holiday within the M25. The London HEMS operates in partnership with Barts Health NHS…

TUCSON - Southwest Ambulance employees have authorized a strike if final negotiations between its union and Rural/Metro Corp. over employee benefits fail. The local I-60 chapter of the International Fire Fighters Association, representing…