May 2015

With more than 40 years of experience in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Airbus Helicopters currently offers the widest and best adapted range of helicopters for EMS missions, leading that segment. Today every 4th EMS helicopter is…

At least five people are dead and another 50 are in hospital, six of them in critical condition. This is the balance of a train incident in Philadelphia. The 188 Regional Train was going from Washington to New York when it derailed in…

Not only human rescuers are helping in Nepal, there are also dogs. The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit governmental organization, founded in 1996 and based in Ojai California. The mission of this…

2014 is the 30th anniversary of the first publication of an American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) clinical practice guideline (CPG). This joint effort was undertaken in response to the US government’s…

Earth starts shaking again in Nepal.  After the 7.8 quake on April 25, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday. The epicenter of the new earthquake was about 45 miles (75 kilometers) east of Kathmandu. According to NBC News at…

Bloodstream infections are a major cause of illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, more than 2 million people a year in the U.S. get antibiotic-resistant blood infections, causing about 23,000…

In the EMS world there are basically two kinds of ventilators: automatic transport ventilator and the classic bag one. Southern Medical Journal published a study aimed to compare Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedics (EMT-P)…

One month into the conflict, intense violence continues with dire humanitarian consequences. Not only are people directly dealing with the impact of violence and insecurity, some are struggling to reach hospitals so are dying of treatable…

The International Exhibition for Rescue and Mobility in Fulda is one of the most important EMS appointment of the year. Dramatic actuality, global significance and impressive tradition come together at the 15th RETTmobil 2015, the…

A new ILO report shows that 56 per cent of people living in rural areas worldwide do not have access to essential health-care services and more than double the figure in urban areas, where 22 per cent are not covered. The report Global…