August 2014

Dr. Liam Quinn @Ldq3Liam Dr Nargis Noori Dr Celia Bradford @celiabradford an educational video about directional tip suction catheter, filmed on the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. The less acute angle of the Right Main…

UNITED NATIONS, New York – The evacuation warning came at 11 on the morning of Wednesday, 23 July, as the bombardment outside intensified. Huddled in their home in the El Shijaia neighbourhood of Gaza, Iman Fora and her family received word…

The Guardian with Kailash Chand take a strong position about the NHS: "The notion that competition promotes excellence and market forces breed efficiency is a myth" (The Guardian, Kailash Chand) - Last year, a majority of new contracts to…

The Vortex is a “high stakes cognitive aid” - simple enough to be recalled in a crisis and flexible enough to be used in any context. Our philosophy is to train staff for management of the unanticipated difficult airway in the same manner…

(The Guardian, author Richard Vize) - The backlash over plans to reconfigure hospitals and primary care in Greater Manchester is a warning of what can go wrong if consultations are mishandled. The plan – badged Healthier Together – was…

As Massachusetts prepares to implement its new medical-marijuana law, agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have reportedly visited at least seven Massachusetts physicians at their homes or offices and told them they…

BEIJING - The deadly earthquake in Yunnan Province was measured at level IX on the 12-level MMI (modified mercalli intensity) scale at its epicenter, the China Earthquake Administration announced on Thursday. The earthquake was felt at or…

LONDON (AP) — Britain's royal officials announced Thursday that starting September, the royal will train for about five months as a helicopter pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance. If successful, he will join the charity group, based in…

The 5th SAMARITAN Contest will take place from August 7 to August 10, 2014 in Adria and Venice, Italy, with ANPAS. This year's contest coincides with the run-up to the International Day of Youth! 84 young people in 16 teams from 10…

Transporting the first Ebola patient of America as a common emergency case. This was the experience of an American paramedic.