June 2013

The Hangzhou Emergency Medical Center was originally called the Hangzhou Medical Care Station and is located in the Eastern coastal province of the People’s Republic of China. It provides the citizens of Hangzhou with pre-hospital…

Geneva’s International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum re-opened its doors on 22nd May, after restructuring and refurbishment work lasting nearly two years. The whole of the exhibition space has been redesigned.
The permanent…

The Red Cross First Aid App was created by the American Red Cross, and is one of a wide range of smartphone applications that the association has produced for interested users. There’s one for every eventuality: in the event of a…

The accident happened in Iowa, USA, while a storm with torrential rain raged in the area. A SUV with two women and a child on board ended up in a ditch, which filled rapidly with water. The water prevented any manoeuvre or possibility of…

The Sospendita Ferno EASY LIFT allows the easy, efficient and safe lifting of patients using the Scoop 65 Exl stretcher. The Sospendita is a very useful tool for short distances in which the patient needs to be transferred from a stretcher…

A group charity movement is about to involve all of Mexico. The solidarity initiative, the 75th Movimiento Azteca, is due to take place on 27th June, promoted by the Fundación Azteca de Grupo Salinas and by state television channels,…

The teams from Estonia, Moldavia, Slovenia, Poland and Lithuania competed against each other in Kiev from 22nd to 24th May 2013. Each team was made up of a medic, two nurses and a driver. The aim was to establish the paramedics’…

The Ministry of Transport and Highways in India has approved an official code for ambulances. Improved outfitting and increased safety while transporting patients who may receive appropriate treatment according to their condition while on…

The Hollywood star acted as a real hero, the protagonist of a providential intervention. Jim Walpole, a 77-year-old American, a former employee of General Motors, now retired, was on his way with his wife to Toronto in Canada, where…

45-year-old Tim Samaras, better known as "the storm chaser" died last week, swallowed by a twister that scooped him up with the power of a 260-kmh wind; the scientist was killed with his 20-year-old son and a friend, Carl Young, who were…