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Climate change means more disease?
Climate change is having a profound impact on animal habitats, but what disease risk does this pose for humans?
2015 ACLS Guidelines: What happened to VSE?
In 2008 and 2013, two prospective RCTs from Greece reported benefits from the combination of vasopressin, steroids, and epinephrine (VSE) for in-hospital cardiac arrest. However, other studies investigating the addition of vasopressin…
Italy, an AW609 has crashed near Torino, killing two pilots
Two pilots died today during a crash in Vercelli, near Torino, Italy. The plane, a special AW609 crashed for unknown motivation. The tilt-rotor aircraft had taken off from Vergiate, the Agusta's airport near Malpensa. Repubblica Torino…
Jet catches fire at Fort Lauderdale airport, Florida
14 people were injured on Thursday in the Fort Lauderdale's International Airport, when a boeing 767 carrying 101 passengers and crew caught on fire on the runway.
As reported on "The Guardian", Broward Sheriff Fire REscue spokeman Mike…
Austrian Federal Minister Alois Stöger inaugurates Fire Brigade Dispatch Center in Vietnam
FREQUENTIS system is officially handed over to operatives
With an order value of EUR 8 million, the FDC (Fire Brigades Dispatch Center) project in Vietnam is the biggest fire brigade project the Vienna-based high-tech company has worked on…
Earthquake injures over 2000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan: ICRC launch the online tracing site
Islamabad/Kabul/Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Afghan and Pakistan Red Crescent Societies are helping people affected by Monday's M7.5 earthquake whose epicentre was in Jerm district in the Afghan province of Badakhshan close to the border with…
Dramatic Earthquake strike in north India, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Earthquake measuring 7.5 rocks north India, epicentre in Afghanistan; 4 killed in Pakistan
CPR: Your hands can save more lives with the new guidelines
On October 16th the European Resuscitation Council will promote an international campaign to show in any European State the new CPR Guidelines. The new CPR protocol is based on 3 simply steps:
CALL
Make sure it is safe to approach.…
Philippines: Government appropriates p1 billion in the people’s survival fund - Opinion
Manila, Philippines. Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima announced today that the PhP 1 billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF) will soon be ready to be accessed by local government units and local/community organizations for their climate change…
Nurse staffing safety in ED: evidence review from the EMJ
Getting nurse staffing levels wrong in hospitals is linked to excess mortality and poor patient experiences but establishing the safe levels in the emergency department (ED) is challenging because patient demand is so variable.