October 2014

A leading malaria control expert has said efforts to contain the disease may be jeopardised by the Ebola crisis Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, who heads the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, said after visiting west Africa: "Understandably,…

The end of an Ebola virus disease outbreak in a country can be declared once 42 days have passed and no new cases have been detected The Ebola virus was introduced into Nigeria on 20 July 2014 when an infected Liberian man arrived by…

What is doing a man wearing slacks, shirt and sunglasses near an ebola patient and 4 people wearing full protective suite? He's overseen that all the things gone well, said the Phoenix Air vice-president Randy Davis. But it's not so good as…

Growing Emergency Services Show Attracts Record Visitor Numbers Organisers of The Emergency Services Show have confirmed that the two-day event held at the NEC in Birmingham last month attracted a record number of 5,680 visitors. This…

Increasing numbers of paramedics are leaving NHS ambulance services, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Senior staff say remaining paramedic crews are under greater pressure than ever before to meet demand. At least 1,015 paramedics…

The European Association of Surfing Doctors introduce to you Andrew Schmidt, Emergency Medicine Physician, Director of Lifeguards without borders lecturing all around the world on Drowning The surf world was shocked when two surfers drowned…

Hypochondria is a mental health condition that involves excessive anxiety concerning diseases and contracting such.The condition can be of varying intensities, with some believing that they have the symptoms of one problem or another,while…

Few would argue that today digital technology represents a critical part of marketing in any business sector. Though all health care stakeholders are usually late to the technology table, market and customer pressure are rapidly…

Prompt treatment of severe sepsis in the Emergency Department reduces deaths, but the role of prehospital fluid resuscitation is unknown. We sought to determine the risk-adjusted association between prehospital fluid administration and…

Regardless of the pain type, age and social class, women are more likely to be prescribed analgaesia than men. This is confirmed by a study conducted by several members of the Research Group on Public Health at the University of Alicante…