July 2014

(WEST MIDLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE) - One of Birmingham’s much loved ‘Emergency Bikers’ is hanging up his leathers later today after more than 36 years’ service. Motorcycle Paramedic Steve Harris, affectionately known as Forrest by colleagues…

by Chris Nickson LITF sources from "Own the airway" collection Insert a Nasopharyngeal Airway http://youtu.be/En2sXsOLzCs

NASHIK - The 'cardiac and trauma ambulance' of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), meant to serve Nashik residents, has been gathering dust at the vehicle workshop near the Panchavati divisional office of the civic body for two years…

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance has won an award for its research into the first 10 months of carrying blood on board the helicopters. At the world’s leading aeromedical conference AirMed, it won best research poster and a cash…

More than 2,500 Ground Zero rescuers and responders have come down with cancer, and a growing number are seeking compensation for their illnesses, The Post has learned. The grim toll has skyrocketed from the 1,140 cancer cases reported…

(SOURCE APTN) - One man died and at least 13 people were injured in a lightning strike during a rare thunderstorm at Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Lightning struck 13 people at a popular beach in Los Angeles in the US and another man…

by Chris Nickson From Life in the Fastlane collections we publish the most interesting online video resources about the airway management. LITF sources from "Own the airway" collection. Preoxygenation is the first step. Buy yourself some…

By Alex Kelleher - photos from Bas Bartholomeus: Courtesy of EASD The 3rd Annual Conference in Surfing Medicine (The Glasshouse, Sligo, Ireland, 9th-13th September 2014) sees the introduction of the Masterclass. You’ll have the…

MONROVIA, July 28, 2014 (AFP) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced the closure of most of the Ebola-hit country's land borders, with stringent medical checks being stepped up at airports and major trade routes. The…

A Happy videoclip from the Emergency Room of the Saint Franciscus Gasthuis in Rotterdam. Dedicated to all the rescue workers in the world. Thanks to Mishaela, who send us this great video from Netherland. An impression of the emergency…