April 2017

On 31st March 2017, the Department of Health launched a consultation seeking views on the prescribing of gluten-free foods, in a bid to save the NHS millions each year. This follows on from NHS England’s announcement this week of new…

INDONESIA - A landslide that struck Banaran Village of Ponorogo District, East Java on 1 April caused two deaths, injured 20 people and damaged approximately 30 homes. 26 people are still missing and around 300 people were evacuated. Local…

Stockholm, truck drives into crowds in central killing two people A truck has driven through crowds on a shopping street in Stockholm and crashed into a department store, killing two people and injuring others. The…

Paramedic experience with intubation may be an important factor in skill performance and patient outcomes. Our objective is to examine the association between previous intubation experience and successful intubation.

Victims of crime will receive better and quicker help from police after Microsoft and its partners unveiled the “control room of the future”. The B-APCO Control Room Arena gives officers taking emergency calls more information on who is…

Have you trained with a mannequin that vomits slime to make a critical patient treatment simulation even more realistic? This is what the Royal Flying Doctors Service realized SALAD.

The HM Coastguard search and rescue (SAR) helicopter base in Lee-On-Solent has started flying the new Leonardo AW189 helicopter for SAR operations. The new £20 million AW189 helicopters are painted in red and white HM Coastguard colours,…

UPDATE - 04 April, Tuesday RUSSIA - It's a sad morning. At the dawn of Tuesday, April, 4 the entire Nation mourns 14 deads because of two explosions at two metro stations of St. Petersburg. Actually, the bombs had to be three, but…

Norway is a fascinating country characterized by multicoloured villages and wild environments. We just wondered how could be providing SAR, water rescue and safety missions in such a land. That's why we interviewed the Northern Norway Joint…